Kredit v. Ryan

The plaintiff brought an action to recover damages for false imprisonment. In her complaint she also included claims for damages based on other matters. At the beginning of the trial, the claims in the complaint were narrowed down to false imprisonment. Plaintiff, who was a practical nurse, brought suit against the defendants, R. W. Reid, a rurai route mail carrier, Noah Ortman, one of the proprietors of a clinic, Ed Klinkel, manager of the hotel connected with the Canistota clinic (these three defendants lived at Canistota, South Dakota) Joe E. Ryan, as sheriff of McCook County, South…