Durkee v. Murphy

The case raises a question of the legality and constitutionality of a segregation of Negro golf players on one of the four courses maintained by Baltimore City in its public parks. A petitioner for the writ of mandamus to remove the restriction and admit him to the other courses, now appellee, is a Negro citizen. Upon the verdict of a jury sworn in the case, under the Code, 1939, Article 60, Section 7, the writ was ordered issued as prayed and the respondents have appealed.

Since the year 1934 on the one course referred to, that in Carroll Park, colored players have been so restricted except…