In re Board of Rapid Transit Com'rs

It is claimed upon the part of the board of rapid transit commissioners that the court had no power to require that certain conditions should be complied with prior to its giving its consent to the construction of the road by confirming the report of the supreme court commissioners. As the court has the authority absolutely to refuse to confirm that report for any reasons which might seem to it to justify such action, it is difficult to see why it has not the power to require that certain things shall be done which in its judgment are a necessary prerequisite to its confirmation of such…