I.C.R.R. Co. v. Ill. Commerce Com.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Pope county confirming an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission. The appeal was perfected by the Illinois Central Railroad Company under section 69 of the Public Utilities Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1945, chap. 111 2/3, par. 73.

The proceeding originated with the filing of a petition by the railroad company with the commission asking for the abandonment of a highway bridge over its railroad at the village of Robbs, in Pope county. In the alternative, the petition asked that if the commission required the reconstruction or repair of the…