Chatman v. Pizitz, Inc.
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a summary judgment. We reverse.
On August 16, 1980, Delores Chatman went shopping in a Pizitz store in Fairfield, Alabama. Her four-year-old child, Clarence, accompanied her. After completing her shopping, Ms. Chatman wrote a check to pay for the purchases. Subsequently, Mike Matthews, an employee of Pizitz, told her to come to the manager's office because she was under arrest for issuing a worthless check to Pizitz on December 22, 1978, for $43.45. A warrant for her arrest was issued on July 16, 1979, for violation of § 13A-9-13, Code 1975.
Ms. Chatman was detained in…
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