Legal Opinion

Town of Sidney v. Wabash Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 20, 1928No. 19065. Judgment affirmedPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Farmer

The Illinois Commerce Commission entered its order on September 14, 1927, confirming, except as to some details, its previous order of October 14, 1926, requiring a separation of grades, whereby the present highway known as State aid road No. 12, in Champaign county, should pass underneath the railroad tracks of the Wabash Railway Company on the east corporate line of the village of Sidney, Illinois. The order of the commission recited that public safety, necessity and convenience required the construction of a subway at the point designated, and the expense thereof was apportioned forty-five…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Wabash, Chester & Western Railroad v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Jefferson Southwestern RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1923
  2. Commerce Commission ex rel. City of Bloomington v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1923

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Galt v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. Illinois Commerce CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Wabash Railroad v. Order of Railway Conductors of AmericaIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  4. Icrr Co. v. Ill. Commerce Com'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1952

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