Taylor v. Cohn
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah : Arthur L. Frazer, Judge. Action by Oliver Taylor against S. Morton Cohn for refusing to allow plaintiff to occupy a box in defendant’s theatre. A demurrer to the complaint wras sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice BeaN
This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendant, on demurrer to a complaint. The complaint alleges that plaintiff is a colored person residing in the City of Portland, and that the defendant is the owner and proprietor of a theatre or place of amusement in that city; that on or about the 1st of August, 1904, the plaintiff went to the box office of the defendant and purchased of his agent tickets for five box seats in his theatre for a certain performance; that thereafter, and during the hours of general admission .and before the performance, plaintiff, conducting himself above…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Horney v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1905
- Drew v. PeerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1880
- Collister v. HaymanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902
3Cited by6 opinions
- Kennedy Theater Ticket Service v. Ticketron, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
- W. W. V. Co. v. BlackSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Interstate Amusement Co. v. MartinAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
- De La Ysla v. Publix Theatres Corp.Utah Supreme Court · 1933
- Shubert v. Nixon Amusement Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1912
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