State ex rel. Dawson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Early in 1910 complaints by the mayor and council of Oberlin, the mayor and council of Norcatur, and petitions signed by various persons and firms were presented to the board of railroad commissioners praying that a switch connection be made between the tracks of the defendant roads at Norton,- Kan., one complaint suggesting that it be located at or near Norton and another, signed by persons and firms, that it be ordered placed at Norton or some convenient place. These documents set forth at length the alleged needs of a large territory in…