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NASHVILLE &C. RAILWAY v. ALABAMA

No. 990.

128 U.S. 96 (1888)

9 S.Ct. 28

32 L.Ed. 352

NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY v. ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 22, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar R. Hundley for plaintiff in error.

Mr. T.N. McClellan, Attorney General of the State of Alabama, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

A statute of Alabama which took effect on the first of June, 1887, "for the protection of the travelling public against accidents caused by color blindness and defective vision," declares that all persons afflicted with color blindness and loss of visual power to the extent therein defined are "disqualified from serving on railroad lines within the State in the capacity of locomotive engineer, fireman, train conductor...

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