CHARLES v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 10083.

188 F.2d 691 (1951)

CHARLES v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Ferguson, Leroy G. Charles and James G. Lemon, Jr., all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Charles F. White, Herbert C. De Young, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before KERNER, DUFFY, and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment on a verdict for defendant and from an order overruling her motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment in her suit for assault and battery and false imprisonment based on her expulsion from a train and arrest and imprisonment following her refusal to transfer to a car for colored passengers.

There was considerable conflict in the evidence as to the degree of force used in putting plaintiff off the...

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