Pinkerton National Detective Agency v. Walker

Irby C. Walker was in the employ of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency. Walker, as a detective, had been assigned by his employer to service in a jewelry store during the Christmas holidays in the City of Atlanta. It was Walker’s duty *93to watch the store for the purpose of discovering any one who might unlawfully molest anything in the store. Walker was plainly dressed, that is to say, he wore no uniform, nor openly a badge or any other kind of insignia by which the public or the patrons of the store could discover his identity. He would be observed and recognized only as a sightseer or a…