Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Eon. J. G. Slate, Judge. Under tlie evidence in tliis case as to tlie places and persons interested, tlie volume of business to be affected, tbe amount of public demand and necessity as against tbe conceded tremendous cost of erecting and maintaining tbis inter change track, the order of the Public Service Commission was arbitrary, unreasonable, unsupported by any substantial evidence showing a public demand and necessity and was such as to…
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Eon. J. G. Slate, Judge. Under tlie evidence in tliis case as to tlie places and persons interested, tlie volume of business to be affected, tbe amount of public demand and necessity as against tbe conceded tremendous cost of erecting and maintaining tbis inter change track, the order of the Public Service Commission was arbitrary, unreasonable, unsupported by any substantial evidence showing a public demand and necessity and was such as to deprive the appellant of its property without due process of law in violation of the Constitutions of Missouri and the…
1Opinion of the CourtWoodson, C. J.
This suit regards the legality of certain proceedings to be presently mentioned, had to compel the appellants, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Eailroad Company and the Wabash Eailroad Company, to construct and maintain an interchange track or switch between their respective main lines of roads at Macon, Missouri.
Briefly stated, the facts of the case are: The Hon. C. H. Payson, the mayor of the city of Macon, *336on November 18, 1913, under the Public Service Commission Act, filed a petition with the respondent, the Public Service Commission, to require the Burlington and the Wabash Railroad…
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