Civic Center Ass'n of Los Angeles v. Railroad Commission
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Mandate directed to the Railroad Commission of the State of California. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Marshall Stimson, T. E. Gibbon, and Corbet & Selby, for Petitioners.
1Opinion of the CourtShaw, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandate against the Railroad Commission to compel it to hear and determine the complaints of the plaintiffs, asking that the several railroads entering the city of Los Angeles be required to abolish grade crossings and establish and use a common union depot within said city.
Sections 60, 61, and 62 of the Public Utilities Act of 1915 provide that any corporation or person, municipal corporation, body politic, or any civic, commercial, or mercantile association may complain in writing to the Railroad Commission, “setting forth any act or thing done or…
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