City Bus Co. v. Thomas

Appellee, a white man, brought .an action against appellant, a common carrier of passengers, alleging that appellant had violated, to his injury, the statute, chapter 332, Laws 1932, which requires motor transportation companies carrying passengers for hire to provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races. Section 9.

The testimony shows that the bus here involved was a small conveyance wherein there were provided seats for sixteen whites, and, in a separate compartment, seats for nine colored passengers. The bus was proceeding eastwardly about eight o’clock P. M. in…