Williams v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BURCH, J.:

The plaintiff, a person of African descent, sued the defendants for damages resulting from a claimed discrimination against him on account of his race and color. The verdict and judgment were for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

The statute under which the action was brought reads as follows:

“That if-any of the regents or trustees of any state university, college, or other school of public instruction, or the state superintendent, or the owner or owners, agents, trustees or managers in charge of any inn, hotel or boarding-house, or…