Boyleston v. Southern Ry. Co.

FishburnE, J.:

This action was brought to recover damages for bodily injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, L. A. Boyleston, while in the employment of the defendant, Southern Railway Company.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a laborer at its freight station at Orangeburg, South Carolina. It was his duty to load and unload freight from boxcars passing through the defendant’s terminal at this point. In the usual conduct of the defendant’s business, two station laborers were employed, and plaintiff was one of them when he was injured. The evidence tends to show…