Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. Hill
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 1960PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtSloan, J.
Section 763.170, ORS, permits the officials of a city or a county or five or more freeholders and taxpayers to petition the Public Utility Commissioner to order a railroad to provide certain safety precautions at grade crossings. Pursuant to this statute, Multnomah county filed a petition with the commissioner on November 10,1955, which requested that the commissioner require the defendant Union Pacific Railroad Company to install electric signal devices at grade crossings on Arata Road and N. E. 112th Avenue in Multnomah county. The commissioner gave notice to the railroad company, held a…
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