The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-02
The Courts.
Fourth District Court.

In morning edition we spoke of the petition fle
in this Court by one Cynthia Davis. colored through
her attorney, T. Morris Chester, the modern African
Cicero and in order that the reading public and thu
admirers generally Of high and recherche literature
may have specimen of this promising authors style
we here append his graphic account of the unfortuna
Cynthia wrongs, as represented in her petition:
" The petition of Cynthia Da is a resident o. New
Orleans, etc. represe ITS that she has been insuted
| in her person, outrag lin her feengs) and dam
aged fin her repl'aton) by N. Kun e. domiciled in
the city of New orleans, etc.-(Oh, n K, how could
you lin the sum Of five hundred dol ars for this
viz; That she woald like to get that much, if she
could. aud becuse the said N. Kun is the owner OF
proprietor, has under his control an estab
lshment place OF refreshments situated at or about
No. l36 Canal street, Canal and Carondelet
streets where the public is explicitly or in pliedy
invited to urchase soda water, cakes pies, and other
refreshing drinks; that the establishment Of N
kuntz is place of bus ness for the accommodation
of the public and is k"own and cosuized as a
publ resort which requires license from the State
If Louisiana and C tv of New Orleans, up which is
pr med the following extract from the Revised stat
utes:
SEC. 45s. All licenses hereafter granted by this
State and by all parishes and nun cipaties therein
to persons engaged In business keeping places OF
public resort shall contain the express condition that
the place shall be open to the accommodation and
patronage of all persons without distinction or
elimination on account of color and any per-
son who shall violate the dtion of such license
shall on conviction thereof be punished by forfeiture
of his license and h place of business or of public
resort shall be closed and moreover he shall be liable
at the suit of the person aggreved to such damages as
he shall sustain thereby, before any court of compe
tent Jurisdiction.
The petitioner represents that while passing along
Canal street, about the 22d April 1874 feeling
fatgued and thirsty and requiring in her eneryated
and depressed condition refreshing draught to
recuperate her strength and animate her spirts-poor
Cynthia. do tell-there being old rye handy, nor
OF Handy's old rye in accessible reach, she be-
thought he self Of the cooling and recuperang quail
les OF soda water so, requesting her black ma mo-
no; black male companion to obtain of the same
for her. she entered the place of public resort
known as kuntZ g. etc and having mOdesty ciyi1ly
and respectfully entered the establishment of the said
n. Kuntz politely asked through her escort to be
served with glass of soda water, for which petitioner
was ready and willing to the price usually exacted
of others; tn the said n KuntZ or one of his agents
employees or servants denied having any soda water;
your petitioner being thirsty and suffering for re-
FRI shng draugh personally asked for glass water
which was refused her" After further bewalinp the
illustrious Morris Chester nds up with the fol ow-
ing verbose appeal and attempt at eloquence:
1.-The petitioner further represents the refusal
to accommodate her attemtt the part of the
rod her up to public ridicule and contempt, by
her al q womsn and degrading her as q
citizen. Petitioner claims that this contumely and
iudgnity has harassed the mind wounded the se f.
respect and the feelings of the petitioner 80
a. to caus he's damage to the amount of five hundred
dollars etc.
1t absurd of Cynthia Davis claim or pre- end for
NONE Mt to be entitled to so large sum FIVE hun
cred dollars for the refusal of the privilege of pur
chasing glass OF soda at the establishment of Mr.
kuntz. His DDS are undoubtedly his own and he
mas right to dispose Of them when and to whom he
peases.
Judge Lynch will resume his seat ia this court on
Monday.
Superior District Court.
petition has been filed in this Court by CantreIl
md Cochrane. manufacturers of Aerated Waters in
Dub in and Belfast Ireland charging the firm of Pablo
imitation Of their own and having bottled them in
bottles OF similar pattern and bearing the trade mark
u the European firm to having fraudulently palmed
hem of on the public the genuine article thereby
njurng the reputation and trade of the said Cantre
! Cochrane For this they cl i'm $1,000 damages.
In the damage suit brought by J. Benjamin Chan. |
her. against the N. 0. J. IT, N. Il. R. Co., judgment
as been rendered in favor Of defendant dsmissing
he suit
Second District Court.
The succession Of Elizabeth Nagel wife of Charles
'eranco, has been opened in this court.
On the docket fixed for to-day we fnd the cases Of
iunt vs. Hunt and the succession of Patrick Halpin
The case 1T Hunt VS.. Hunt il the settlement r al
ohsroserny on the report OF the umpire with regard
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