Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Chicago, Ft. Madison & Des Moines Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. W. I. Babb, Judge. Action in equity for an injunction to restrain the defendant from making certain grade-crossings. There was a hearing on the merits, and orders from which both parties appeal, the defendant having taken the first appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
*191 *17The plaintiff has for many years owned and operated a railway from Chicago, through the states of Illinois -and Iowa, to the Missouri river, and thence westward to Denver. It. passes through Burlington, Batavia, Ottumwa, and other cities, and is one of the main railway lines of this state for the transportation of passengers and freight. At the time this action was commenced the defendant owned a railway which extended from Ft. Madison, in a northwesterly direction, a distance of-fifty-one miles, to Liberty ville, and was arranging to extend it to Ottumwa. It proposed to make the extension…
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