Box v. Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad

The plaintiff in error, J. C. Box, brought suit against the Atlantic and Birmingham Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained under the following circumstances: The plaintiff, who had taken passage on defendant’s train at Waycross, made ready to alight when the train arrived at Upchurch, his destination, but by “ reason of defendant’s negligence said train was, by the agent of said defendant, caused to start forward before petitioner had time to alight from said train, and which he was attempting to do when he had reached the steps and was…