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WILLIAMS v. MISSISSIPPI

No. 531.

170 U.S. 213 (1898)

18 S.Ct. 583

42 L.Ed. 1012

WILLIAMS, v. MISSISSIPPI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cornelius J. Jones for plaintiff in error.

Mr. C.B. Mitchell, for defendant in error, submitted on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented is, are the provisions of the constitution of the State of Mississippi and the laws enacted to enforce the same repugnant to the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States? That amendment and its effect upon the rights of the colored race have been considered by this court in a number of cases, and it...

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