Meeks v. Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad

Meeks was a passenger on a mixed train of the defendant railroad company, having purchased a ticket from Waycross to Douglas. It appears that he had left some bundles at Nicbolls, an intermediate station between Waycross and Douglas, and he inquired of the conductor if the train would stop long ‘enough at Nicbolls for him to get out, secure his packages, and get back on the train before'it started, to which the conductor replied in the affirmative. The train stopped before it reached the depot at Nicholls. Meeks alighted, went to the depot and got some of his bundles, which he carried into…