New v. Atlantic Greyhound Corp.

Mrs. Ethel New, a colored woman, instituted this proceeding by notice of motion to recover damages for wrongs and personal injuries, which she alleged were occasioned by reason of an assault and battery committed by the Atlantic Greyhound Corporation- and W. N. Smith, in forcibly evicting her from a passenger motor vehicle of the defendant corporation, a common carrier, upon her refusal to occupy a seat assigned to her by the driver of the vehicle. The defendants pleaded not guilty.

The case was tried before a jury, which rendered a verdict in favor of the defendants. A motion for a new trial…