...(Act of March 24, 1875, c. 130, § 1, p. 216) contained the following provision : "The rule of the common 'law giving a right of action to any person...transportation, or place of amusement, is hereby abrogated; find hereafter no keeper of any hotel or public house, or carrier of passengers for hire, or conductors,...

...business wholly within the state. The statute of Tennessee, enacted in 1875, provides: "The rule of the common law giving a right of action to any person...or public house, or carrier of passengers for hire, и or conductors, drivers, or employees of suchï carrier or keeper, shall be bound»or under* any...

...business wholly within the State. The statute of Tennessee, enacted in 1875, provides: "The rule of the common law giving a right of action to any person...employes of such carrier or keeper, shall be bound, 191 US Opinion of the Court. or under any obligation to entertain, carry, or admit any person whom...

...business wholly within the State. The statute of Tennessee, enacted in 1875, provides :" The rule of the common law giving a right of action to any person excluded from any hotel, or public/means of transportation, or place of amusement, is hereby abrogated; and hereafter no keeper...

...turbulent or riotous conduct within or about the theater (36). "The first section of the act abrogates the common law giving a right of action to any person...public means of transportation or place of amusement, and gives to the proprietors of such hotels, places of amusement, or means of transportation, the right...

...before, that STATE LEGISLATION BETWEEN 1865 AND 1883 of Delaware. That statute reads : " The rule of the common law giving a right of action to any person...of passengers for hire, or conductors, drivers, or employees of such carrier or keeper, shall be bound, or under any obligation to entertain, carry, or...

...Tennessee passed an Anti-Civil-Rights law still more comprehensive in terms. It abrogated the rule of common law giving a right of action to any person excluded from any hotel, public means of transportation, or place of amusement. It provided that no keeper of any hotel, common...

...business wholly within the state. The statute of Tennessee, enacted in 1875, provides: "The rule of the common law giving a right of action to any person...of passengers for hire, or conductors, drivers, or employees of such [183]carrier or keeper, shall be bound "or under any obligation to entertain, carry,...

...bill would be ineffective in their state, the Tennessee legislature abolished the common-law right of "any person excluded from any hotel or public means of transportation, or place of amusement" to sue. This was to prevent a rash of lawsuits. Other states simply ignored the Civil Rights Act. Emma...