Diefenbach v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

The defendant, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, hereinafter referred to as the A. & P. Co., is a New Jersey corporation duly licensed to transact business in the State of Michigan, owning and operating a number of stores in this State. The defendant, Earl Hester, was an em ployee of said company, being manager of the meat department in a combination grocery store and meat market located in the city of Saginaw.

On October 16, 1934, plaintiff was sitting in a barber shop directly across from the A. & P. Co. store in which the facts involved in this case arose. The proprietor of the…