Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Smith

Appellee, a colored man, resided near a station on appellant’s railroad, called O’Reilly. His wife and two young children had been on a visit to Greenville, and were returning on the afternoon northbound.train on the day in question. Appellee decided to meet them at Shaw, a station about'five miles south of O’Reilly, and to accompany them from Shaw to O’Reilly. He purchased a ticket at Shaw, and when the train arrived there he boarded it and went into the coach reserved for colored passengers. On reaching the seat occupied by his wife, it was discovered that one of the children, a boy about…