Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois Commerce Commission

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Vermilion county which set aside an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission pertaining to the closing of an agency station at Armstrong, located on appellees’ lines in Vermilion county. The proceedings originated by a petition filed with the commission pursuant to section 49a of the Public Utilities Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 111 2/3, par. 49a.) The petition, filed by the Illinois Central Railroad Company and the Railway Express Agency, Inc., requested permission to close the agency station at Armstrong and make the same a…