Miller v. New Jersey Steam-Boat Co.

Daniels, J.

I concur, as the plaintiff failed to make out his right to maintain the action with that degree of clearness as to justify the court in holding that he was entitled to recover. It was for the jury to decide whether the refusal to exchange the berths for state-rooms was made on account of the plaintiff and his family being colored persons, and for that reason refusing them the privileges extended to the white passengers. The evidence was sufficient to submit that question to them, but not to sustain the court in ruling that a cause of action, as matter of law, had been proved.