CENTERVILLE TOWNSHIP v. COMMERCE COM'N

No. 33430.

5 Ill.2d 72 (1955)

124 N.E.2d 882

CENTERVILLE TOWNSHIP et al., Appellees, v. THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LATHAM CASTLE, Attorney General, of Springfield, (HARRY R. BEGLEY, and JOHN L. ROACH, of counsel,) for appellant.

JOHN R. SPRAGUE, of Belleville, for appellees Centerville Township et al.; and WALKER & WILLIAMS, of East St. Louis, for appellee Guy A. Thompson, Trustee.


Circuit court reversed; order of commission confirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE HERSHEY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order entered by the circuit court of St. Clair County vacating an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission, prescribing certain grade crossing protection at the intersection of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company tracks and Jerome Lane in Centerville Township, St. Clair County...

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