Anderson v. Gulf S.I.R. Co.

Smith, C. J.,

deliverd the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the appellant a recovery for damages alleged to have been sustained by her, because of having been forced to ride in a car with colored persons while a passenger on one of the appellee’s trains.

The appellee owns and operates a railroad line with a branch thereof running from Saratoga to Laurel, Miss. It operates each day a passenger train from Mendenhall, on its main line, via Saratoga, and thence over its branch line to Laurel. This train is composed of two cars or coaches. The rear car is used for white…