Legal Opinion

Farmers' Elevator Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided February 17, 1915PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter

This is an appeal from a decision of the circuit court of Sangamon county affirming an order of the State Public Utilities Commission of Illinois requiring a connection of the railroad of appellant, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, with the Fox and Illinois Union railroad at the city of Morris, Illinois.

Some difficulty arises in investigating this record because a large part of it refers to matters other than the order here in question. When the complaint was first filed with the State Public Utilities Commission the Farmers’ Elevator Company of Yorkville was the only…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Interstate Commerce Commission v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  3. Washington Ex Rel. Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. v. FairchildSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Dick v. Supreme Body of the International CongressMichigan Supreme Court · 1904

3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Braden v. MuchIllinois Supreme Court · 1949
  2. A., T. S. F. Ry. Co. v. Commerce Com.Illinois Supreme Court · 1929
  3. People Ex Rel. Endicott v. HuddlestonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
  4. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Commerce Commission ex rel. Illinois Coal Traffic BureauIllinois Supreme Court · 1929
  5. People Ex Rel. Klaeren v. Village of LisleAppellate Court of Illinois · 2000

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