Chiles v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve constitutional -rights of colored passengers on interstate trains in Kentucky, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Plaintiff in error is a colored man. He bought a first-class ticket from defendant in error, a corporation engaged in operating a line of railroad from the city of Louisville, State of Kentucky, and the city of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, to the city of Washington, District of Columbia. The ticket entitled him to ride from Washington to Lexington, Kentucky.
The train which he took at Washington did not run through to Lexington, and he changed to another train at Ashland, Kentucky, going into a car, which it is alleged, under the rules and regulations of defendant in error, was set apart…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Plessy v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Welton v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Hall v. DeCuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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- Lee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1933
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