Crawford v. Brown

Selma Crawford (hereafter referred to as plaintiff) sued Dr. Sanger Brown and Ada Crawford (referred to. herein as defendants) for damages for unlawfully restraining her liberty and detaining her in prison. The declaration charged defendants assaulted, beat, ill-treated and unlawfully detained plaintiff in prison for fifteen days, contrary to the laws of Illinois. Defendants filed pleas of not guilty and notices that they would prove special defenses. The special defense Dr. Brown gave notice he would prove was, that plaintiff was restrained in the Kenilworth Sanitarium, owned and conducted…