Richey v. Wells

The facts of the controversy are stated in the accompanying opinion prepared by Mr. Justice Terrell.

It is settled law that under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States an unjust and illegal discrimination may arise out of the enactment of a legislative measure that makes such unjust and illegal discrimination possible although it is not expressly required by the terms of the law itself as written.

Though a law be fair on its face and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and administered by public authority with an unequal hand, so as practically to make…