§ 23-10-433. Exceptions to duty to furnish or exchange cars
(a) In no event shall any railroad company be required to furnish any cars to a connecting line except to exchange for other cars reasonably suitable for the transportation of freight. (b) No railroad company shall be compelled to furnish its own cars to any other railroad company except upon reasonable security furnished to it […]
§ 23-10-434. Liability for failure to furnish or exchange cars — Exceptions
(a) Every railroad company that, in violation of any of the provisions of this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432, 23-10-433, 23-10-435 — 23-10-437, and 23-12-605, fails to furnish any cars for the shipment of any freight within a reasonable time or, in case of the shipment of freight between points within this state, within the […]
§ 23-10-435. Liability for cars of another railroad
(a) Every railroad company using cars of another railroad company, or cars which have been delivered to it by the other railroad company, shall be liable to the party entitled thereto to pay for the reasonable use and hire thereof and for injury or damages to or destruction of the cars, while in its possession […]
§ 23-10-436. Penalty for gross negligence in not furnishing or exchanging cars — Fee of prosecuting attorney
(a) (1) Every railroad company which willfully, by its own gross negligence or by the gross negligence of its agents having charge and management of the matter of furnishing cars, fails or refuses to furnish or exchange cars as provided for in this section and §§ 23-10-401, 23-10-432 — 23-10-435, 23-10-437, and 23-12-605 or to […]
§ 23-10-437. Intrastate freight — Rules
(a) The Arkansas Department of Transportation is authorized and empowered, as to all freight carried wholly within this state and the cars used therefor: (1) To make and establish all needful rules, general and special, which may be different according to the circumstances and conditions of different railroads and localities and for different kinds and […]
§ 23-10-438. Perishable freight — Duty to furnish cars — Exceptions — Penalty
(a) (1) When a shipper makes a written application to a station agent of a railroad company doing business in this state for cars, to be loaded with any kind of perishable freight such as fruit and vegetables, embraced in the tariff of the company, stating the character of the freight, the kind of cars […]
§ 23-10-423. Package freight unloaded by railroad — Storage charges
(a) All package freight unloaded by railroad companies in their depots and warehouses and all freight unloaded in the yard space of a railroad company in order to release cars and which has not been removed by the owner thereof from the custody of the railroad company within forty-eight (48) hours, computing from 7:00 a.m. […]
§ 23-10-424. Unloading cars — Free time — Demurrage charges — Extension of free time
(a) (1) Loaded cars containing fertilizers, hay, coal, coke, brick, sand, and lumber in covered cars and cars containing, in bulk, meat, potatoes, grain and grain products, or cottonseed and cottonseed hulls, taking track delivery, which are to be unloaded by consignee but, having been placed at an accessible point for unloading, are not unloaded […]
§ 23-10-425. Loading or unloading — Additional free time when weather inclement
Whenever the weather, during the period of free time, is so severe, inclement, or rainy that it is impossible or impracticable to secure means of loading or unloading freight, or when, from the nature of the goods, loading or unloading would cause injury or damage, then additional time shall be added to the free period, […]
§ 23-10-410. Discrimination as to freight prohibited — Pooling, rebates, etc., prohibited
(a) It shall be unlawful for any railroad company or its officers or agents to discriminate between persons, firms, corporations, or places in storage, demurrage charges, furnishing cars, or transportation and delivery of freight. (b) No pooling, rebate, drawback, or any similar device, either direct or indirect, will be allowed. Any such device shall be […]