Commercial Club of St. James v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
After a bearing upon the complaint of the Commercial Club of St. James, the Railroad and Warehouse Commission on July 7, 1916, ordered defendant railway company to provide at the station of St. J ames, in Watonwan county, a passenger depot as specified and that the building comply with the fire ordinance of the city of St. James.
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After a bearing upon the complaint of the Commercial Club of St. James, the Railroad and Warehouse Commission on July 7, 1916, ordered defendant railway company to provide at the station of St. J ames, in Watonwan county, a passenger depot as specified and that the building comply with the fire ordinance of the city of St. James. From that order the railway company appealed to the district court for Watonwan county where the appeal was heard by Comstock, J., who affirmed the order of the commission. From the order affirming the order of the commission, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
This is an appeal from a decree affirming an order of the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission, directing the appellant railway company to erect a new railroad and passenger depot at St. James, Minnesota.
The present depot was built nearly 40 years ago when St. James was a village containing a few hundred people and the surrounding country was sparsely settled. The buildings, including the business center, were then of cheap frame construction, and, of course, no lire limits existed. St. James is now a city of some 3,000 inhabitants. Its business section consists largely of brick and stone…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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