Madison Railways Co. v. Railroad Commission

The following opinion was filed April 8, 1924:

Doerfler, J.

Unless relieved by the city from the expense of paving within the track zone, the cost of construction and operation of the extension would impair the earnings of the company so as to prevent an adequate or fair return. Such is the finding of the Commission. The precise question, therefore, presented and which we are called upon to determine is whether the Commission has the power to malee such a conditional order. The Railroad Commission is an administrative body, created by the statutes, possessing neither legislative nor judicial…