Dooley v. Sterling Stores, Inc.

Grieein Smith, Chief Justice.

Thomas Dooley, age eleven, and his father, John, asked for $22,000 to compensate damages resulting from false imprisonment and assault and battery, the allegation being that Thomas was wrongfully accused of stealing, then detained and beaten, and finally kicked into a street with an admonition to stay away from the premises. Relationship of the parties is shown in the margin.

Thomas Dooley’s testimony was that in February, 1947, he went to a Kress store to buy valentines with money his father had given him. None displayed by Kress was suitable, so he went to…