Swetnam v. FW Woolworth Company

JOHNSON, Justice.

Plaintiff Mary Swetnam and her husband sued defendants F. W. Woolworth Company and John Kerr for damages for false arrest and imprisonment. The case went to trial before a jury, and at the conclusion of the plaintiffs’ case, upon motion of the defendants, the court directed a verdict in favor of the defendants and entered judgment accordingly. Plaintiffs now bring this appeal from such judgment.

The events and circumstances upon which the alleged cause of action is based are as follows:

In October, 1952, the plaintiff, Mary Swetnam, while shopping in downtown Phoenix, entered…