Village of Louisville v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

This is an appeal from-an order of the Nebraska State Railway Commission directing the reopening of a crossing of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad in the village of Louisville, Nebraska, at a point described as the Cherry Street crossing.

On November 30, 1962, the village of Louisville filed its complaint with the commission pursuant to section 75-427, R. R. S. 1943, praying that the commission direct the opening of a road across the railroad’s right-of-way at the Cherry Street crossing which had been closed by the railroad company in 1959. It was the contention of the village that a…