Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission

Before taking up in detail the objections urged by appellant to the validity of the order of the Railroad Commission, it seems appropriate to consider the power of the state in the matter of eliminating highway crossings over railroad tracks at grade. Such crossings are universally recognized as dangerous places. True, they are dangerous in varying degrees, some crossings being more dangerous than others, depending upon the topography of the locus in quo and the amount of travel passing over the crossing. Any grade crossing, however, is fraught with danger to the public and is a source of…