Legal Opinion
Simpson v. Montgomery Ward & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 27, 1946No. Appeal, 23PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chiee Justice Maxey,
Mrs. Alberta Simpson, aged 34 years, a resident of Beaver County, drove, in company with her mother, a distance of twenty-five miles on the afternoon of July 13, 1944 to defendant’s store in Butler. Mrs. Donna Yarger McCall, at that time a clerk in that store, testified that she saw Mrs. Simpson “put a pair of shoes off the counter into a shopping bag she had between her and the counter”. The clerk asked if she could help her and Mrs. Simpson replied “No”. Mrs. McCall “got close enough to see in the shopping bag” and saw that “she really had a pair of shoes,…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by63 opinions
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