§ 46-9-233. Powers of Express Companies Generally
Any company incorporated under this article may: Sue and be sued; Have a corporate seal; Contract and be contracted with; Take bonds of indemnity with security from its agents and employees; Acquire, by purchase, devise, or otherwise, and hold real and personal property of any value in the amount necessary and proper for the purpose […]
§ 46-9-171. Contents of Tickets, Certificates, Orders, or Receipts Issued as Evidence of a Right of Passage on the High Seas; Required Signatures on Such Tickets, Certificates, Orders, or Receipts
A ticket or instrument issued as evidence of a right of passage on the high seas from any port in this state to any port of any other state or nation, every certificate or order issued for the purpose or under pretense of procuring such ticket or instrument, and every receipt for money paid for […]
§ 46-9-234. Venue; Binding Effect of Judgment
The superior court of the county where goods are received for shipment by an express company doing business in this state or the superior court of the county where goods are to be delivered by such a company, shall have jurisdiction over that company, and the judgment shall bind all the property of that company. […]
§ 46-9-172. Penalty
Any person, partnership, association, firm, agency, or corporation violating any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, provided that no violator shall be fined less than $500.00 for each violation. History. Ga. L. 1966, p. 26, § 3.
§ 46-9-235. Service of Process; Effect of Judgment
In all cases where its chief officer does not reside in this state, an express company may be served in any proceeding against it by serving a copy of the summons and complaint upon any agent of such company within this state. The judgment obtained in cases so commenced shall bind the property of the […]
§ 46-9-190. Lien of Carrier for Fare and Baggage Charges
A carrier of passengers shall have a lien on the passengers’ baggage, not only for baggage charges but also for the passengers’ fare. This lien may be foreclosed as described in subsection (b) of this Code section. Whenever baggage has been transported to destination by any common carrier and is uncalled for or refused by […]
§ 46-9-191. Lien of Carrier for Freight Charges
When a carrier has complied with his contract as to transportation, he shall have a lien on the goods for the freight charges and may retain possession until the lien is paid, unless this right is waived by special contract or actual delivery of the goods. If the goods are delivered, the carrier acquires a […]
§ 46-9-192. Priority of Carriers’ Liens
A carrier’s liens for charges on the baggage of its passengers and on the goods and articles transported shall be superior to other liens, except liens for taxes, special liens of landlords for rent, liens of laborers, and all general liens of which the carrier had actual notice before the property claimed to be subject […]
§ 46-9-210. Duty of Railroad Companies to Put on Sale and to Sell Tickets of Connecting Roads and to Check Baggage Over Such Roads
No railroad company having an office or agency within this state shall refuse to put on sale or refuse to sell any ticket of any other railroad company with which the same may be directly or indirectly connected, at the price or rate fixed by the commission, for passage over lines of such connecting roads, […]
§ 46-9-211. Duty of Railroad Companies to Place Their Tickets for Sale With Connecting Roads; Duty to Accept Such Tickets and to Receive and Transport Baggage Checked Upon Such Tickets; Security for Tickets
No railroad company operating or doing business wholly or partly within this state shall: Refuse to put on sale with the agents of any other railroad company with which it may be connected, whether directly or indirectly, tickets for any point upon its lines of road; Refuse to receive such tickets for passage over its […]