Noe v. Great Northern Railway Co.

William Noe was employed by defendant. He worked with a crew using an Ohio crane which is a movable derrick mounted on a flat car or a turntable so that it can be swung in all directions. It was operated by a steam engine located in a cab on the flat car and by its own power the crane rotated and also the flat car was propelled along the track. The cab was apparently at the back of the derrick arm. When the derrick arm was extended at right angles to the car the cab extended some 6 feet beyond the flat car on the opposite side of the car. The crew was using the crane in the east end of the…