St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Green
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Frank Smith, Judge; The statute was enacted for the purpose of separating the races.
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Appeal from Craighead Circuit Court; Frank Smith, Judge; The statute was enacted for the purpose of separating the races. Where it provides that one insisting on going into a waiting room to which by race or color he does not belong, it should be construed to mean where that room is occupied by persons of different race at the same time, and should not be construed to render him liable for occupying the room where it is not occupied by the other race, even if he had notice that it was set apart for the opposite race. 93 Ark. 244; 87 S. W. 262; Id. 426. In view of the fact that there was a…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The plaintiffs, Charlie and Lucy Green, colored, were passengers from Little Rock to Jonesboro on the defendant’s line. They stopped off at Altheimer, and about 11 o’clock at night were refused admittance to the colored waiting room by the colored porter in charge. The night was .damp, and it was raining slightly. A white man on the platform invited them into the white waiting room; they refused to enter it, and undertook to shelter themselves from the dampness of the night by going on a small porch near the railroad premises. They claimed to have suffered damages, and sued and recovered $155.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boothby v. Grand Trunk RailwaySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1890
- Bradford v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1910