State ex rel. Tompkins v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Railway Co.

Citations

• 12 S.D. 305
• 47 L.R.A. 569
• 81 N.W. 503
• 1900 S.D. LEXIS 31

Syllabus

<p>Under Laws 1897, Chap. 110, $ 16-18, providing that the railroad commissioners shall have the supervision of all railroads, and shall notify railroad companies whenever, in their judgment, “additions” to stations or station houses are expedient, they have authority to require a railroad to construct a suitable station house at a regular station used by it for the receipt and discharge of passengers and freight, where the only existing accommodation is a platform and side track, and there is a clear public necessity for such a building.</p>