S. H. Kress & Co. v. Powell

Dorothy Powell, a minor, by her next friend, Mary Powell, brought an action at law against S. H. Kress & Company to recover for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The declaration consisted of two counts Demurrer to the declaration was overruled. Pleas were then filed, and the court sustained a demurrer to the third, fifth and seventh pleas to the first count, and the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and eleventh pleas to the second count of the declaration. Trial was had, and the jury found for the plaintiff and assessed her damages at $650.00. From the judgment entered upon…