Legal Opinion
Soo Line Railroad v. Office of the Commissioner of Transportation
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided August 13, 1992No. 91-2895PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGartzke, P.J.
Appellant Soo Line (railroad) appeals from an order of the circuit court. On ch. 227, Stats., review, the circuit court affirmed an order of the Office of the Commissioner of Transportation, requiring the railroad to install a 60-inch pipe in its track embankment in order to alleviate upstream flooding. We affirm.
1. Background
In 1969, Russell Knuth purchased and moved into a home located south of and adjacent to a Soo Line railroad embankment. The embankment carries the mainline eastbound track. A stream runs south to north through the Knuth property. The Knuth property is upstream, relative…
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