Horn v. Illinois Central Railroad

delivered the opinion of the court.'

Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment dismissing their amended complaint in an action for damages resulting from denial to them, because of race and color, of the free and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of a restaurant or eating house possessed, owned, conducted, operated and controlled by defendants in, at and upon the station and premises of the defendant railroad company in Centralia, Marion County, Illinois. The appeal, taken to the Supreme Court, was transferred to this court.

The original complaint, consisting of one count, was…