POS2041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Involuntary Servitude
16 Aug 2020
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On a train in new orleans, an american of 7/8 caucasian and 1/8 african descent bought a first class train ticket to covington. The passenger sat in a vacant seat where passengers of the white race were accommodated. The conductor required the passenger to vacate the coach and occupy another seat in a coach assigned for persons not of the white race, under penalty of ejection from said train and imprisonment. Upon his refusal to comply with the order, he was, with the aid of a police officer, forcibly ejected from said coach and imprisoned. He was also made to answer to a charge violating 1890 la. The supreme court of the state of louisiana disagreed and denied the petitioner"s request for a writ of prohibition. The case was elevated on petition for writs of prohibition and certiorari to the supreme court of the. Whether a statute distinguishing between races is unconstitutional and in violation of the fourth.
