Legal Opinion

State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Cameron v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1917No. 10972PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Craig

delivered the opinion of the court:

Appellee, J. S. Cameron, for some twenty-five years prior to May, 1915, was the owner and engaged in operating a grain elevator and coal yards situated on the north side of the railroad of appellant at Elliott, in Ford county. The elevator was built partly upon the right of way of appellant and partly upon ground owned by appellee adjoining the right of way. There had been a spur-track connecting this elevator with the main line of appellant’s railroad for some forty years. The portion of the right of way occupied by the elevator was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Taylor v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1907
  2. Chicago & Alton Railroad v. SuffernIllinois Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Illinois Central Railroad v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Dering Coal Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1925
  3. St. Louis, Springfield & Peoria Railroad v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Lincoln Sand & Gravel Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1923
  4. Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Paul Kuhn & Co. v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1921

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