Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Reed
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Shawnee district court, division No. 2; George H. Whitcomb, judge..
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, J.:
This action arose out of an order of the public utilities commission directing the plaintiff railway company and the cross defendant telegraph company to institute some greatly needed improvements in the telegraph service furnished by them at Oberlin, Kan.
*192Oberlin is the county seat of Decatur county. According to the statistics of the state board of agriculture the town has about 1,200 inhabitants, the county has some 8,000 population, chiefly devoted to agriculture and the production of live stock; the county has an assessed valuation of…
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