Johnson v. Westland Theatres, Inc.

An action by plaintiff in error, as plaintiff below, against defendant in error, as defendant, for damages. The action is based on the civil rights statute of Colorado. ’35 C.S.A., c. 35, §§1, 2. Defendant, proceeding on the premise, as said, that plaintiff had failed to prosecute her said action, moved dismissal thereof. The motion was granted, and judgment to that end, and for costs against plaintiff, was formally entered.

Plaintiff, a negro, alleged that March 28, 1944, she “purchased * * * a ticket entitling her to admission to said Colorado Theatre,” a moving picture house, which…