Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. Hampton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee, who was a colored woman, entered one of appellant’s cars at Sixth and Main streets in the city of Little Rock, and paid her fare as a passenger, and after riding about a dozen blocks she was told by the conductor that she would have to move and take a seat nearer the rear of the car.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division ; Guy Fulk, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellee, who was a colored woman, entered one of appellant’s cars at Sixth and Main streets in the city of Little Rock, and paid her fare as a passenger, and after riding about a dozen blocks she was told by the conductor that she would have to move and take a seat nearer the rear of the car. Appellee refused to change seats, but offered to leave the car, if her fare was refunded, but the conductor declined to return the fare because he had ‘ ‘ rung it up ” on the register of fares. The conductor…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.,
(after-stating the facts). The separate •street ear law (Kirby’s Digest) reads us follows:
“Section 5658. All persons, companies or corporations operating’ any street car line in any city of the first class, in the State of Arkansas, are hereby required to operate separate cars, or to separate the white and colored passengers in the cars operated for both, and to set apart or designate in each car or coach so operated for both a portion thereof, or certain seats therein to be occupied by white passengers, and a portion thereof or certain seats therein to be occupied by colored…
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- Ohio Valley Railway's Receiver v. LanderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
- Bradford v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1910