Chase v. Knabel
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Irwin, J., entered January 19, 1907, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for damages for an assault and battery committed by defendant’s servants.
1Opinion of the CourtRoot, J.
Respondent, who is a colored man, although the complaint does not allege the fact, brought this action against appellant, who was the owner and manager of a restaurant in Tacoma, and two waiters employed by appellant in the restaurant. The complaint set forth two causes of action; the first, based upon an assault and battery committed by these waiters in improperly ejecting plaintiff from the restaurant; the second, for alleged refusal of equality of civil rights. The trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $400, for which amount judgment was entered against each and all of…
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