WARDERS v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. CO.


225 S.W.2d 98 (1949)

311 Ky. 673

WARDERS v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. CO.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 9, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crumlin & Carroll, Louisville, for appellant.

James P. Helm, Jr., Louisville, for appellee.


SIMS, Chief Justice.

Florence Warders brought this action against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover $5000 compensatory and $5000 punitive damages alleged to have been sustained by her by reason of the Company's conductor in Cincinnati, Ohio, refusing to let her board a coach reserved for white people, and compelling her to ride in the coach reserved for colored people. The petition averred appellant...

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