Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Yarbrough

681 S.W.2d 359 (1984)

284 Ark. 345

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant,

v.

Katherine YARBROUGH, Appellee.

No. 84-98.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

December 21, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 25, 1985.

J.L. Hendren, Bentonville, for appellant.

Taylor, Vandergriff & Morris by William T. Morris, Fort Smith, for appellee.

KATHLEEN BELL, Special Chief Justice.

On March 19, 1980, at the behest of Mr. Archie Caudle, Assistant Manager of the Wal-Mart Store, the Appellee was arrested for shoplifting. The Appellee was tried in the Municipal Court of Fort Smith and was acquitted for the charge. She then initiated an…