Exposition Cotton Mills v. Crawford

Luther Crawford brought suit against Exposition Cotton Mills, a corporation, and S. A. Ferrell to recover damages because of injuries sustained by him on account of an alleged unauthorized assault and battery upon him by Ferrell, manager of the corporation’s store operated by it upon its premises for the sale of dry goods and groceries to its employees and the general public. The petition alleged that “about twelve o’clock on May 6, 1939, the plaintiff arrived at the front of said store, intending to enter and purchase groceries; that just at the instant that he caught hold of the front door…