Southern Kansas Railway Co. v. State

SPEER, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted in the District Court of Hemphill County by the State of Texas through her district attorney against the Southern Kansas Railway Company of Texas, to recover penalties under the statute for its failure to provide its trains with separate coaches for white and negro passengers. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the State for the sum of five hundred dollars.

The questions presented on this appeal depend upon the construction to be given to the statute authorizing recoveries such as had in this case. By Act of the…