Davis v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “3. The driver, operator, or other person in charge of any motor vehicle above mentioned shall have the right and he is hereby directed and required at any time when it may be necessary or proper for the comfort and convenience of passengers so to do, to change the designation so as to increase or decrease the amount of space or seats set apart for either race; but no contiguous seats on the same bench shall be occupied by white and colored passengers at the same time; and said driver, operator or other person in charge of the vehicle, may require any passenger to change his or her seat as it may be necessary or proper; * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Carolina Coach Co.

2. “It is patent that the draftsman of the present Act appreciated this fundamental principle. Section 2 of the Act (Michie's Code of 1942, section 4097aa) (now Code 1950, sec. 56-327), expressly provides that carriers 'shall make no difference or discrimination in the quality or convenience of the accommodations provided for the two races.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Carolina Coach Co.