Illinois Central R. R. v. Redmond
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Lamar F. EastebliNg, Chancellor. Attachment in Chancery, under Code 1906, section 537 (Hemingway’s Code, section 294), in which A. M. Redmond was complainant and the Illinois Central Railroad Company the principal defendant. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Hinds county. Hon. Lamar F. EastebliNg, Chancellor. Attachment in Chancery, under Code 1906, section 537 (Hemingway’s Code, section 294), in which A. M. Redmond was complainant and the Illinois Central Railroad Company the principal defendant. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The statutes of Tennessee involved in this case are as follow's: “3073 (4927e) 2363. Seating of Passengers. — It shall he the duty of the conductor to see that no passenger occupies more room than he pays for, and that each passenger is provided with a seat as long as…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
This is an attachment in chancery under section 537, Code of 1906 (Hemingway’s Code, section 294), in which *780the appellee was complainant in the court below, and appellant was the principal defendant. ¡
Appellee is a negro, and the ground of his complaint is that, while a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains, he was not provided with a seat; the coach in which he traveled was not properly heated; no place was provided for the members of his race to smoke; and the coach set apart for his race and in which he traveled was equipped with only one toilet which was marked “Women,” when it…
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