Vanneman Ex Rel. Vanneman v. W. T. Grant Co.

WESTHUES, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff John Vanneman, a minor, by his father and next friend, Ralph F. Vanneman, filed this suit against the defendant W. T. Grant Company, a corporation, wherein he sought $5,000 actual and $5,000 punitive damages. Plaintiff alleged in his petition that while in defendant’s place of business he was willfully assaulted, unlawfully detained, and slandered without just cause.

The case was tried in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, where the jury found the issues in favor of defendant and plaintiff appealed from the judgment entered pursuant to the…