Royal v. State

Appellant was convicted and fined $25 in the municipal court of Van Burén, Arkansas, for violating § 1197 of Pope’s Digest, which is a part of § 2 of Act No. 17 of the General Assembly of Arkansas, approved February 23, 1891. This Act, which was amended (in certain particulars not important to a consideration of this case) by Act No. 114, approved April 1, 1893, requires railroad companies to give equal and separate accommodations to persons of the white and African races and directs that travelers of each race use the respective accommodations thus provided. He appealed to circuit court…