Sears, Roebuck & Company v. Tisdale

On November 4, 1963, Mrs. Lester Tisdale visited the Sears, Roebuck Company Store in Laurel, Mississippi. She was accompanied by her youngest child, a six-year-old boy, and after purchasing clothing for her children, she went to the credit department located on the North side of the store building to make a payment on her account.

There were two entrances to the credit department, one on the West and the other on the South. She approached the credit department from the West entrance and after making a payment on her account, she turned to leave through the cased South entrance to the credit…