Minneapolis Eastern Railway Co. v. City of Minneapolis

Matson, Justice.

Appeal from a judgment of the district court affirming an order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission.

The primary question upon this appeal is whether the Railroad and Warehouse Commission, in the absence of the holding of at least one public hearing-in the city of Minneapolis as required by M. 8. A. 219.39, had jurisdiction to issue an order apportioning between respondent railroads and the city the cost of reconstructing an existing grade separation bridge over the respondents’ tracks in said city, when the need for such reconstruction was admitted by both the respondents…