Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission

The appellant demurred to the respondent’s ■complaint in a statutory action to set aside an order of the appellant purporting to enforce compliance with sec. 1388&, Stats. 1913. The demurrer was overruled, appellant de■clined to answer, whereupon respondent had judgment vacating the order on the ground that said order went beyond the requirements of sec. 1388&, but assuming that appellant had .jurisdiction to enforce the duty specified in said section. The learned circuit court concluded that the general words, '“as well as all other laws relating to railroads,” found in «ec. 1797 — 31,…