Jackson & Suburban Traction Co. v. Commissioner of Railroads
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the Jackson & Suburban Traction Company and the city of Jackson to compel Chase S. Osborn, ■commissioner of railroads, to vacate an order requiring the construction of an overhead crossing.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The relator is a street-railway company •organized, and its road is in operation upon the streets of the city of Jackson, under Act No. 35 of the Laws of 1867. The consent of the city to the construction and operation of the *166road provides that the company shall construct its railway from its present terminus, on Francis street, to the south corporation line, within one year from the taking effect of the same, “or at such earlier date as a crossing of said railway with the Michigan Central and Lake Shore railways can be arranged with the State commissioner of railroads.” The relator made…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Detroit, Ft. Wayne & Belle Isle Railway v. Commissioner of RailroadsMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
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