Legal Opinion

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. State Public Utilities Commission

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1916PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Frank W. Burton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooke

The State Public Utilities Commission, upon the petition of the city of Cairo, ordered a separation of grades at the crossing of the main track of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company (hereinafter referred to as the railway company) with Sycamore street, and' ordered that the railway company pay sixty-five per cent of the cost thereof, the city fifteen per cent, and the Cairo Electric and Traction Company, (hereinafter referred to as the traction company,) the owner of a street railway track laid in Sycamore street, the remaining twenty per cent. The railway…

2Cited by1 opinion

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