The plaintiffs, Raymond S. Hobson, a Negro, and his wife, a white woman, sue for statutory redress under section 41 of the Civil Rights Law. They allege that when they applied for a room at the defendant's hotel, they were rejected by reason of their race and the sought public accommodations refused to them on that ground alone.
Section 40 of the Civil Rights Law, speaking of "public accommodations...
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