Rau v. Wilkes-Barre & Eastern R. R.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Plaintiff has judgment on a verdict against appellant for the death of her husband. * He was. employed by Sordoni Construction Company, hereafter called Sordoni, engaged in constructing a building for a telephone company at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Part of the material used was Indiana limestone, consigned to Sordoni, and transported by rail in interstate commerce. A crane, belonging to appellant, was used in unloading the cars. The boom of the crane, negligently operated, as the verdict establishes, fell on plaintiff’s husband.

The question on this appeal is…