Dominguez v. Globe Discount City, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PRESLAR, Justice.
The cause of action on which this suit is based is false imprisonment of the Appellant, Irma Dominguez, by an employee of the Appellee, Globe Discount City, Inc. At the conclusion of the Plaintiffs’ evidence, the Court granted the Defendant’s motion for directed verdict. We affirm.
In general, the facts of the case are that Irma Dominguez visited the store of the Defendant where she made payment on a lay-away item, handled some merchandise, visited with some of the clerks, and displayed to one of them, some cosmetic samples which she had in her purse (she was an Avon…
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- S. H. Kress & Co. v. De MontCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1920
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