Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Baker

By chapter 132, Public Acts of 1921; chapter 3'5, Public Acts of 1923; chapter 88, Public Acts of 1925; Code, section 2638 et seq., it was provided that — •

“The state department of highways through its commissioner, shall have the power to. eliminate grade crossings of any railroad or interurban railway track on any of the main traveled roads designated by the commissioner as included in the general highway plan of the State, whenever, in the discretion of the said commissioner, the elimination of any such grade crossing is necessary for the protection of persons traveling on any such highway…