Tidwell v. Smith

The plaintiff-appellant, Artie V. Tidwell, brought suit in one count against the defendants-appellees, R. Grlen.il Smith, Edward Y. Platt, and The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, a corporation, alleging that they forcibly, on May 31, 1957, in St. Anthony’s Hospital, Rockford, made an assault upon him and performed an operation without his consent. The action is one at law, and the plaintiff demanded a jury trial in apt time. So far as material, the complaint alleges the defendant Smith was engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, the defendant Platt was engaged in the…