Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 36 — Prosecution against L. & N. R. R. Co. for a Violation of the .Separate 'Coach Law. APPEAL FROM HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals.
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Case 36 — Prosecution against L. & N. R. R. Co. for a Violation of the .Separate 'Coach Law. APPEAL FROM HOPKINS CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. POINTS AND CITATIONS. 1. The indictment is defective in.that it is not alleged that the baggage car in which the colored passenger referred to in the indictment was forced to ride was set apart for colored passengers. 'So far as appears from the indictment the conductor alone was responsible, for the passenger being compelled to travel in the baggage car, and for that act of the conductor the railroad company is not…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion on the court by
JUDGE PAYNTER
Reversing.
The trial under the indicment resulted in the imposition of a fine of $500. The indictment reads as follows: “The grand jurors of the county of Hopkins, in the name and by the authority of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, accuse Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company of the offense of making a difference and discrimination in the. quality, convenience, and accommodation in the cars, coaches, and partitions set apart for white and' colored! passengers, committed in manner and form as follows, to wit: The said Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
3Cited by2 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Illinois Central Ry. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1904
- Mammoth Cave Railroad v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1917