Union Pacific Railroad v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This appeal brings up for review a decision of the district court of Wyandotte county sustaining a ruling and order of the public service commission permitting the Union Pacific Railroad Company to construct a short switch track across a freight track of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, in the railroad yards at Kansas City, in order to connect the tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad Company with those of the Chicago & Great Western Railway Company, to facilitate the interchange of business and the transfer of freight originating…