Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad v. Wells
Tennessee Supreme Court
Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Shelby County. J. 0. Pierce, J. Action begun before a Magistrate, by a mulatto, against the Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad Company for an alleged violation or withholding of her rights as a passenger on one of defendant’s trains. Judgment before the Magistrate, and also in Circuit Court upon trial without a jury, against the railroad company. The company appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtTurney, C. J.
On 4th May, 1884, defendant in error, a mulatto, purchased of plaintiff in error a ticket over its road from Woodstock to Memphis, a distance of ten miles. She passed through the front car to the platform, where she was stopped by the conductor and told to take a seat in the front car. She refused to give up her ticket unless allowed a seat in the rear car. The conductor told her he would have to put her off. The train was stopped at about 400 yards, when she was politely assisted from the car by a colored porter. She left the train of her own accord because not allowed to pass within the…
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