Darius v. Apostolos

Section 1, chapter 61, Laws of 1895, page 139 (section 609, Revised Statutes, 1908), provides that “all persons” shall be entitled to the equal enjoyment “of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, restaurants, eating houses, barber shops, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and all other places of public accommodation and amusement,” etc.

Section 2 of the same act, that any person violating the provisions of the foregoing “shall for every such offense forfeit and pay a sum of not less than fifty (50) dollars nor more than five hundred (500) dollars to…