Legal Opinion

State v. Great Northern Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided December 1, 1916No. Nos. 19,919—(14)PublishedCited by 13 opinions

From an order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, requiring the Great Northern Railway Company on or before the first day of December, 1915, to erect and complete at the village of Ada, a new depot of the same style and capactiy as defendant’s depot in Warren, except that the depot at Ada be built of brick or some other material that will comply with the fire ordinance of the village of Ada, the Great Northern Railway Company appealed to the district court for Norman…

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From an order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, requiring the Great Northern Railway Company on or before the first day of December, 1915, to erect and complete at the village of Ada, a new depot of the same style and capactiy as defendant’s depot in Warren, except that the depot at Ada be built of brick or some other material that will comply with the fire ordinance of the village of Ada, the Great Northern Railway Company appealed to the district court for Norman county. The case was tried before Grindeland, «L, who made findings and affirmed the order of the commission. From an…

1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.

Ada is a station on the Great Northern Railway. Application was made by citizens to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission for an order to require the railway company to erect there a new depot. After a hearing, the commission found and 'determined that the present depot is entirely inadequate for the business of the station and out of keeping with its surroundings, and ordered that the railway company erect a new depot of fire proof material, and after the plan of the depot at Warren, a town of about the same size near by. The railway company appealed to the district court and the order of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
  3. State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
  4. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Minnesota Ex Rel. Railroad & Warehouse CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  5. State ex rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. Tri-State Telephone and Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
  2. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. VerschingelSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1936
  3. Hammond Lumber Co. v. Public Service CommissionOregon Supreme Court · 1920
  4. State Ex Rel. Taylor v. Union Pacific RailroadIdaho Supreme Court · 1939
  5. Minnesota v. Chicago, M., St. P. & P. R.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1931

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