Supreme Court of South Carolina October 26, 1907, 6696 (Pagan v. Southern Railway)

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Woods.

This appeal, from an order of nonsuit, depends on whether a railroad company is liable to the plaintiff, who was a brakenmn, for an injury received from being thrown from a freight train by the negligence of the engineer, in suddenly and without warning checking the speed of the train.