Yowell v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

William Yowell, county superintendent of highways of Macoupin county, and Otto Feyen, highway commissioner of Gillespie township, in that county, filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission a petition against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. By this petition they sought the entry of an order authorizing the construction of a grade crossing over the tracks of the respondent in the town of Gillespie. The Commerce Commission found that public convenience and necessity required the proposed grade crossing, authorized its construction, and directed the respondent…