Tweedy v. J. C. Penney Co.

Daisy Miller Tweedy, plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against J. C. Penney Company, Inc., and three of its employees, as defendants, seeking compensatory and punitive damages allegedly resulting from an incident which occurred in Penney’s store in the City of Lynchburg. Tweedy alleged that defendants had insulted, slandered, unlawfully detained, and maliciously arrested and prosecuted her.

Tweedy took a non-suit as to two of the Penney employees who were defendants and, by stipulation, amended her motion for judgment against the remaining defendants, Penney and its employee, Bonnie Tate…