Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage Commissioners

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1906-03-05

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Mr. Justice Holmes, with whom agreed Mr. Justice White and Mr. Justice McKenna, concurring. I.concur in the main with the judgment of the court. I agree that the public authority has a right to widen or deepen a channel if it sees fit, and that.ány cost that the railroad is put to in rebuilding a bridge the railroad must. bear. But the public must pay for the widening-or deepening, and I think that it does n…

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