Barnett v. H. L. Green Co.

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

This is an action for an assault and battery by an agent of the defendant growing out of the arrest and detention of the plaintiff and violence in connection therewith. The theory of the defense was that its agent, Peteet, apprehended the plaintiff in the act of shoplifting (larceny) when he took charge of and detained her until the arrival of the officers of the law, and that he used no more force or violence in connection therewith than was reasonably necessary to detain her. It also appears that the plaintiff was subsequently convicted of the offense for which she…