Union Terminal Railroad v. Board of Railroad Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Wyandotte Eistriet Cowrt. Action by The Union Terminal Railroad Company against John Hall, P. B. Maxson, and W. D. Vincent, as The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Kansas, the Union Pacific Railway Company, the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, to enjoin the board of railroad commissioners from granting to the railway companies a rehearing of a decision made on January 3, 1893, authorizing the…
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Error from, Wyandotte Eistriet Cowrt. Action by The Union Terminal Railroad Company against John Hall, P. B. Maxson, and W. D. Vincent, as The Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Kansas, the Union Pacific Railway Company, the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, to enjoin the board of railroad commissioners from granting to the railway companies a rehearing of a decision made on January 3, 1893, authorizing the Union Terminal Company to cross the tracks of the railway companies at a certain point in the county of Wyandotte. On…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.
*3575. cÓurt?non of *356The denial of the affirmative relief asked by the Missouri Pacific Railway Company in its cross-petition will be considered first. There was much testimony presented by that company to show that a grade crossing at the point decided upon would cause great inconvenience and loss to it and the Union Pacific Railway Company, would necessarily endanger human life, and greatly interfere with the public business. Evidence was also offered to the effect that an overhead crossing was more practicable and equally as economical in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Noble v. Union River Logging RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé RailroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1882
- Baldwin v. CalkinsNew York Supreme Court · 1833
- Stafford v. Mayor of AlbanyNew York Supreme Court · 1811
- Mason v. RyusSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Cott v. BakerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1922
- In re LuttgerdingSupreme Court of Kansas · 1910
- State ex rel. McDermott v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1919