Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Iowa State Commerce Commission

Thompson, J.-

On December 12, 1954, the city of Iowa City, acting under the provisions of chapter 387 of the Code of 1954, adopted its Ordinance No. 2096, which determined that the plaintiff-appellant herein should erect a viaduct upon Dodge Street in that city across the plaintiff’s railroad tracks, including the approaches thereto. The ordinance also provided for the width of the proposed viaduct, for sidewalks along each side and for the clearance over the tracks, the length of the approaches and the nature of the material to be used in paving the viaduct and approaches and the strength of…