People's Store v. Ledford

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner—

Affirming.

The appellants, whom we shall call the defendants, are complaining of a $500 judgment. This case is much lite the cases of F. S. Marshall Co. v. Brashear, 238 Ky. 157, 37 S. W. (2d) 15, and W. T. Grant Co. v. Taylor, 223 Ky. 812, 4 S. W. (2d) 741. All three were suspected cases of shoplifting from shops conducted on the same general plan, and followed by very natural but rather unfortunate procedure upon the part of the shop-keepers.

In this case the plaintiff was suspected of lifting a pair of stockings. Mr. Cawn, one of the defendants,…