Braud v. Kinchen

COVINGTON, Judge.

This is a suit by John Hubert Braud, plaintiff-appellant, to recover the sum of $3,200.00 allegedly stolen from him by Hollis Kinchen, defendant-appellee, during the time that defendant resided in plaintiff’s house. Plaintiff owned and operated a small food store which was attached to his residence. Plaintiff’s claim is based on a series of thefts of various sums of money from the store’s cash register between the dates of April 1, 1971 and August 13, 1971. During the time in question the defendant was a guest in the house of the plaintiff, but was not an employee of the…