Legal Opinion

Morgan v. Loyacomo

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 1941No. 34520PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, J.

Appellants are the owners and operators of forty-eight retail stores, one of which is in Grenada. Appellee purchased in this store on the day in question an article of ladies’ underwear and having paid for it departed from the store. One White was the manager of the store and witnessed the purchase. A trivial circumstance connected with the purchase caused White to suspect, but without any substantial grounds therefor, that appellee had taken away two garments but had paid for only one. Without making any inquiry either of the clerk or of appellee before appellee left the store, which if done…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Willis v. McCarty-holman Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1940

3Cited by16 opinions

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  2. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. DeversMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  3. City of Mound Bayou v. JohnsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Fuerschbach v. Southwest Airlines Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
  5. State v. DuckettCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986

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