Highway Commissioner v. Wabash Railroad

The material facts in this case are not in dispute. At the time of the commencement of the suit the defendant was operating two of its main line tracks and a siding across a highway in Said township, known as the “ South Dearborn Road,” running in a southeasterly direction. The company had recently purchased a large tract of land in the township of Ecorse for the purpose of enlarging its Oakwood yard, which is its principal yard in the city of Detroit, and had theretofore termi-. nated just east of said highway. It was the intention of defendant to extend its yard across the highway, and for…