Bernheimer Bros. v. Becker
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Sharp, J.) ■ Plaintiff's 2nd Prayer. — That if the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff was on the second floor of the store of the defendants in Baltimore City as a prospective purchaser for the purpose of buying shoes, and was at a counter containing shoes and had a pair of shoes in her hand, and walked to another counter close by and was there looking over other shoes, and Leo Seligman, one of the employees of the…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas (Sharp, J.) ■ Plaintiff's 2nd Prayer. — That if the jury find from the evidence that the plaintiff was on the second floor of the store of the defendants in Baltimore City as a prospective purchaser for the purpose of buying shoes, and was at a counter containing shoes and had a pair of shoes in her hand, and walked to another counter close by and was there looking over other shoes, and Leo Seligman, one of the employees of the defendants, and acting as the agent and servant of the defendants, and within the scope of his authority, and in charge of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Schmucker, ].,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The appellee, Lena Becker, sued the appellants individually and as co-partners in the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City for damages for an assault and battery and a false arrest and imprisonment. The two causes of action were alleged in separate counts in the narr. The appellants as defendants below pleaded non cul. The trial of the case resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff from which they appealed.
Two exceptions appear in the record. The first was taken to the Court’s refusal to withdraw the case from the jury at the close of the…
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