CHICAGO & N.W. RY. CO. v. OCHS

No. 159.

249 U.S. 416 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 343

63 L.Ed. 679

CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. OCHS, DOING BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF A.C. OCHS BRICK & TILE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Richard L. Kennedy, with whom Mr. L.L. Brown, Mr. W.D. Abbott and Mr. S.H. Somsen were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error:

Mr. Henry C. Flannery, with whom Mr. Clifford L. Hilton and Mr. August G. Erickson were on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

An order of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota requiring a railroad company to alter and extend a side track leading from its main line to an adjacent brick and tile manufacturing plant is here in question. The order was made under a local statute (Gen. Stats., 1913, § 4231, 4284) on complaint of the owner of the plant, after due notice and...

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