Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. v. Chandler

Sometime after 11:00. o ’clock on the morning of July 31, 1952, Irvin Chandler, a colored hoy 16 years of age, ivas working on a Dr. Pepper Bottling Company truck under a route man, Edward J. Benton, unloading drinks, when he tore out the seat of his trousers. Delivering drinks with that part of his anatomy exposed did not accord with the conventions of society. According to the hoy’s version, Benton told him to go home and get him some more trousers, and hurry hack. He borrowed a bicycle from Nathan Hill, another employee; and as he was riding along the right side of the street, between…