Fruchey v. Eagleson

The appellee brought this action against the appellant, to recover a penalty for an alleged violation of the statute known as the Civil Rights Act. R. S. 1894, sections 3291, 3293 (Acts 1885, p. 76). The first and second sections of said act are as follows:

“Section 1. All persons within the jurisdiction of said State shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyments of the accommodations, advantages, facilities of inns, restaurants, eating-houses, barber' shops, public conveyances on land and water, theaters, and all other places of public accommodations and amusement, subject only to the…