Stanley v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiff from Whedbee, J., at August Term, 1912, of Guilford. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Chief Justice Ciarle.
1Opinion of the Court
ALLEN, J., concurring in result; BROWN, J., dissenting. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK. The plaintiff was a white passenger on a mixed excursion train from Greensboro to Norfolk and return, in August, 1910. There were twelve or fourteen cars in the train. The colored passengers were in the forward cars and the white passengers in the rear cars. On the return, just before the train arrived at Franklin, Va., the plaintiff, who was riding in the second white car behind the rear colored car, being unable to get a seat, went forward to find…
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