People ex rel. City of Bloomington v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

Citations

• 67 Ill. 118

Syllabus

<p>1. Railboad—duty to furnish convenient crossings at highway intersections. In the absence of express provision in its charter to the contrary, a railway company is under obligation to leave every highway that it crosses in a safe condition for the use of the public; and where this duty was imposed by the original charter under which a road was built, the same duty will rest upon any company who may afterwards own the road, so long as the same is operated.</p> <p>2. Same—change in place of intersection. Where the municipal authorities, with the assent of a railroad company, discontinued a road-crossing which was considered dangerous, and substituted another a short distance from the old one: Meld, that such change did not exonerate the company from keeping up such new crossing.</p> <p>3. Where a railroad company is bound to keep in proper condition its intersections with highways that it might cross in the construction of its road, it will not be relieved of its obligation merely because of a slight deflection of a highway by the proper authorities so as to change the precise place of crossing.</p>