Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co. v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. J. H. Wynn, Judge. The facts are stated in tbe opinion. After the passage of the statute under construction in this cause and under which the appellant was indicted, an act of the legislature was passed and approved March 14, 1888, which was amendatory of the general act of 1884, known as the “railroad supervision bill.”
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From the circuit court of Tunica county. Hon. J. H. Wynn, Judge. The facts are stated in tbe opinion. After the passage of the statute under construction in this cause and under which the appellant was indicted, an act of the legislature was passed and approved March 14, 1888, which was amendatory of the general act of 1884, known as the “railroad supervision bill.” Section - 3 of this act is as follows : “ Every conductor of trains carrying passengers in this state is hereby authorized to assign passengers to any car or to seats in a particular part of any ear on his train; provided, that…
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 2d of March, 1888, the legislature of this state passed an act entitled, “ An act to promote the comfort of passengers on railroad trains,” which is as follows :
“ Section 1. That all railroads carrying passengers in this state (other than street railroads) shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races, by providing two or more passenger cars for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger cars by a partition so as to sequre separate accommodations.
Section 2. That the conductors of such passenger…
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