Lackey v. Sacoolas

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Musmanno,

William T. Lackey and Blanch R. Lackey, his wife, members of the colored race, brought an action in equity to restrain Nicholas Sacoolas, doing business as Maple Grove Amusement Park and Swimming Pool, in Lancaster County, from denying to the Lackeys and other persons the privileges of the Maple Grove Swimming Pool because of race, creed or color, in violation of the Act of June 24, 1939, P. L. 872, §654 (18 P.S. §4654). At the hearing on the motion for. a preliminary injunction, it developed that an organization known as the Maple Grove Recreation Association…