Johnson v. Auburn & Syracuse Electric Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Auburn and Syracuse Electric Railroad Company, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Cayuga on the 13th day of May, 1915, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 14th day of May, 1915; denying defendant’s motion for a new trial made upon the inmutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, J.:
Plaintiff has recovered a verdict of $150 as a penalty under sections 40 and 41 of the Civil Rights Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 6 [Laws of 1909, chap. 14], as amd. by Laws of 1913, chap. 265) for refusing to permit ■ plaintiff (a colored man) to enter and dance in a room used for dancing at a resort owned and maintained by defendant.
*865At the foot of Owasco lake near Auburn defendant owns a piece of land known as Lakeside Park. It is maintained as a place of recreation and amusement and for picnics during the summer season, presumably to increase the business of the electric railroad…
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