Legal Opinion

State Public Utilities Commission ex rel. Mitchell v. Chicago & West Towns Railway Co.

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided October 24, 1916PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Frank W. Burton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Duncan

The Suburban railroad runs from Fortieth avenue and Twenty-second street in the city of Chicago to Brainerd avenue in LaGrange, a distance of approximately 10 miles, and it passes through Hawthorne, Clyde, Riverside and Brook-field, between said terminal points. The company also owns and operates a cross-line on Fifty-second avenue, running from Twelfth street to Twenty-fifth street, in Chicago, and one on Harlem or Seventy-second avenue, running from -Twenty-second street north into Forest Park, making the total mileage operated about 12% miles. It is a double-track line, except the track…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Willcox v. Consolidated Gas Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SchmidtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  4. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission of WisconsinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. The People v. GreenIllinois Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Salt Lake City v. Utah Light & Traction Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Produce Terminal Corp. v. Illinois Commerce Commission Ex Rel. Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1953
  4. City of Chicago v. O'ConnellIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Terminal Railroad Ass'n v. Public Utilities CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1922

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