Stratford v. Midland Valley R. Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Osage. County; John J. Shea, Judge. Action by John B. Stratford against the Midland Valley Railroad Company: Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. This is an action by John B. Stratford, a negro, against the Midland Valley Railroad Company, for damages on account of false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
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Error from District Court, Osage. County; John J. Shea, Judge. Action by John B. Stratford against the Midland Valley Railroad Company: Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. This is an action by John B. Stratford, a negro, against the Midland Valley Railroad Company, for damages on account of false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. The first count of the petition alleges, in substance, that on the 2d day of January, 1909, the plaintiff purchased a first-class passenger ticket over defendant’s railroad from defendant’s agent at its ticket office in Arkansas City, Kan.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
(after stating the facts as above). Counsel for plaintiff in error have presented several questions for the consideration of the 'court. They attempt to show that the facts of this case, under the law applicable thereto,, warrant a judgment against the railroad company, for false imprisonment, and for malicious prosecution as well. They also urge the fact that their client, being an interstate passenger, was not subject to the operations of the so-called “Jim Crow” Law, and urge its unconstitutionality on the ground of unjust and unfair discrimination between citizens,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCabe v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
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- Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. SharpSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1922