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SOUTH COVINGTON & c. RY. CO. v. KENTUCKY

No. 252.

252 U.S. 399 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 378

64 L.Ed. 631

SOUTH COVINGTON & CINCINNATI STREET RAILWAY COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred C. Cassatt, with whom Mr. J.C.W. Beckham, Mr. Richard P. Ernst and Mr. Frank W. Cottle were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Stephens L. Blakely, with whom Mr. Chas. I. Dawson, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The Railway Company was indicted for a violation of a statute of Kentucky which required companies or persons running or operating railroads in the State, to furnish separate coaches or cars for white and colored passengers.

The statute, as far as we are concerned with it, is as follows: all corporations, companies or persons "engaged in running or operating any of the railroads of this State, either...

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