Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of Indiana
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE APPELLATE COURT OF THE STATE OF INDIANA; The facts, which involve the constitutionality of an order of the Railroad Commission of Indiana directing installation and use of interlocking plant at a railroad crossing and apportioning the expense of executing the order, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE APPELLATE COURT OF THE STATE OF INDIANA; The facts, which involve the constitutionality of an order of the Railroad Commission of Indiana directing installation and use of interlocking plant at a railroad crossing and apportioning the expense of executing the order, are stated in the opinion. Under the contract, the Monon Railway Company is obligated to protect and guard the crossing; and the fact that the means and methods of protecting and guarding railroad crossings have changed since the contract was-entered into can make no difference and does not lessen or change the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit to secure the annulment or modification of an order of the Railroad Commission of Indiana, directing the installation and use of an interlocking plant at the crossing of two railroads in that State and apportioning between them the expense of executing the order. The suit proceeds upon the^theory that a contract between the owners of the roads, entered into before the enactment of the statute upon which the order rests, imposes upon the junior road all the expense of maintaining and guarding the crossing, in whatever manner may be essential to make its use safe and convenient,…
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