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CHANCE v. LAMBETH

No. 6200.

186 F.2d 879 (1951)

CHANCE v. LAMBETH et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin A. Martin and Oliver W. Hill, Richmond, Va., (Spottswood W. Robinson, III, on brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

Collins Denny, Jr., Richmond, Va., (J. M. Townsend, Petersburg, Va. and Denny, Valentine & Davenport, on brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before PARKER, SOPER, and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit was brought by William C. Chance, a Negro, to recover damages from the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company on the ground that he was wrongfully ejected on account of his race from a railroad car on which he was an interstate passenger on June 25, 1948, and also on the ground that he was subjected to unlawful arrest and imprisonment in connection with his ejection from the car. Jurisdiction was based on diversity of citizenship. There...

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