Joseph v. Bidwell

The plaintiff, a colored man, sued the defendant, the proprietor of the Academy of Music, a public theatre in the city of New Orleans, for five thousand dollars damages for refusing to admit him into the theatre after he had purchased a ticket which entitled him to a-soat in the parquette of said theatre. The case was tried by a jury, who disagreed, and, under the, statute of this State, the court discharged the jury and rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff.

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