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CENTRAL AMUSEMENT COMPANY v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 1753.

121 A.2d 865 (1956)

CENTRAL AMUSEMENT COMPANY, Inc., a Corporation, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided April 3, 1956.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied May 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clifford Allder, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles E. Ford, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Vernon E. West, Corp. Counsel, Chester H. Gray, Principal Asst. Corp. Counsel, and Milton D. Korman, Asst. Corp. Counsel, were on the brief, for appellee.

Phineas Indritz, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of American Veterans Committee, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Before CAYTON, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.

HOOD, Associate judge.

Appellant, who conducts a public bowling alley business, was convicted of denying admission for the use of the alleys to certain persons of the Negro race. The prosecution was brought under an Act of the Corporation of the City of Washington, approved June 10, 1869, as amended by an Act of said City approved March 7, 1870, which provided:

"Be it enacted by the Board of Aldermen and Board of Common Council of the City of Washington,...

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