Louisville Ry. Co. v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 89. — PROSECUTION AGAINST THE LOUISVILLE. RAILWAY CO. AND THE LOUISVILLE INTERURBAN RAILROAD CO. FOR VIOLATION OF STATUTE RELATING TO SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FOR WHITE AND COLORED PASSENGERS: — Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. (Criminal Division). W. Allen Kinney, Special Judge. The two cases heard together. Both defendants convicted
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Judge Settle.
Appellants, Louisville Eailway Company and Louisville & Interurban Eailroad Company, were separately indicted in tbe court below for violating Section 795, Ky. Stats., 1903, tbe specific charge against each being that it operated a railroad between tbe city of Louisville and O’Eell’s Station, in Jefferson county, a distance of 10 miles, without causing or having each separate coach for the transportation, of white and colored passengers on the line, or compartments thereof for each race, to bear in some con*740spicuous place appropriate words in plain letters…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1905
- Commonwealth v. BullCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1878
- Commonwealth v. MorrisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Adams Express Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
- People v. ShaughnessyNew York District Court · 1971
- Rickman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1925
- South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Co. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1918
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