State Ex Rel. Alton Railroad v. Public Service Commission

This case, coming to the writer by reassignment, is an appeal by the Alton Railroad Company from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Cole County affirming an order of the Public Service Commission requiring the railroad to contribute to the cost of widening a viaduct. In 1931, Jackson County made application to the commission for an order authorizing the widening of a concrete viaduct, between Kansas City and Independence, where Van Horn Road crosses the railroad's track, and apportioning the cost thereof. The estimated cost of the work was $47,539.80. The answer of the railroad made…