Grayson Variety Store, Inc. v. Shaffer

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Having sustained a motion for an appeal, we have before us the appeal of Grayson Variety Store, Inc., from a judgment awarding, as damages for false imprisonment, $500 each to the appellees Ruby Ann Shaffer, Valerie Jean Shaffer and Ada Lynn Shaffer. One of the contentions of the appellant is that its motions for a directed verdict and for judgment n. o. v. should have been sustained because the evidence showed there was no imprisonment or detention against will. We think the contention is well taken.

The three appellees, two of whom were age 15 and the other age 10, were…