Tri-State Transit Co. of La., Inc. v. Westbrook

Appellee, a Negro resident and citizen of Saline county, Arkansas, being in Monroe, Louisiana, and desiring to go to Shreveport, purchased a ticket for passage on appellants’ through bus operating between Meridian, Miss., and Shreveport, La., which was due to leave Monroe about 2 o’clock a. m., January 20, 1943. While the driver of the bus was in the station attending to certain duties, appellee boarded the bus and took a seat thereon. The bus driver testified that the bus had been crowded all the way from Meridian and some passengers had been forced to stand, some twenty-five passengers were…