Legal Opinion

City of Hudson v. Railroad Commission

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 1927PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCrownhart, J.

The statutes (printed in the margin hereof) 1 give the Railroad Commission very broad and *229comprehensive powers to protect the public safety at grade crossings of public highways over railroad tracks. The statutes were enacted under the police power of the state, and have been frequently sustained by this court. Polk v. Railroad Comm. 154 Wis. 523, 143 N. W. 191; Milwaukee v. Railroad Comm. 162 Wis. 127, 155 N. W. 948; Chicago & N. W. R. Co. v. Railroad Comm. 178 Wis. 485, 188 N. W. 86; Chicago, M. & St. P. R. Co. v. Railroad Comm. 187 Wis. 364, 204 N. W. 606; Chicago & N. W. R. Co. v.…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  2. City of Milwaukee v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Town of Polk v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  5. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1922

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Halsey, Stuart & Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
  2. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Railroad CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1929

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