§ 46-9-55. Remedy for Persons Charged Excessive Freight-Storage Rates or Subjected to Discrimination in Application of Freight-Storage Rates
If any railroad company violates Code Section 46-9-53 or Code Section 46-9-54, either by exceeding the rates of storage prescribed or by discriminating as to rates charged, the person paying such overcharge or subjected to such discrimination shall have the right to bring an action for the amount of the overcharge or the amount of […]
§ 46-9-40. Duty of Common Carriers to Receive Goods
A person holding himself out to the public as a common carrier is bound to receive all goods offered to him that he is able and accustomed to carry, upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2042; […]
§ 46-9-56. False Billing, False Weighing, or False Report of Weight by Common Carriers
Any common carrier of freight within the limits of this state or, if such common carrier is a corporation, any officer, agent, or employee thereof, who, by means of false billing, false classification, false weighing, false report of weight, or by any other device or means, knowingly and willfully assists or permits any person to […]
§ 46-9-41. Duty of Common Carriers to Transport and Deliver Goods Safely and Without Unreasonable Delay
A common carrier shall have the duty of transporting and delivering goods safely and without unreasonable delay. History. Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 398; Code 1863, § 2045; Code 1868, § 2047; Code 1873, § 2073; Code 1882, § 2073; Civil Code 1895, § 2282; Civil Code 1910, § 2736; Code 1933, § 18-311.
§ 46-9-42. Effect of Strike by Carrier’s Employees on Carrier’s Duty to Transport Goods
A carrier who receives freight for shipment is bound to forward the freight within a reasonable time, even though his employees strike or otherwise refuse to work, provided that if the strike is accompanied with violence and intimidation so as to render it unsafe to forward the freight, the carrier shall be relieved as to […]
§ 46-9-43. Measure of Damages for Delay in Delivery of Goods by Carrier
If a carrier fails to deliver goods within a reasonable time, the measure of damages is the difference between the market value at the time and place they should have been delivered and the market value at the time of actual delivery. History. Civil Code 1895, § 2319; Civil Code 1910, § 2773; Code 1933, […]
§ 46-9-44. Estoppel of Carrier to Dispute Title to Goods Delivered to Him for Shipment
A carrier may not dispute the title of the person delivering goods to him by setting up adverse title in himself or a title in third persons which is not being enforced against him. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2048; Code 1868, § 2050; Code 1873, § 2076; Code 1882, § 2076; Civil Code 1895, […]
§ 46-9-45. Commencement and Termination of Carrier’s Responsibility for Goods
The responsibility of a carrier shall commence with the delivery of the goods to him or to his agent or at the place where the carrier is accustomed or agrees to receive them. The carrier’s responsibility shall cease with the delivery of the goods at destination according to the direction of the person sending the […]
§ 46-9-46. Effect of Delivery to Consignee at Intermediate Point
A common carrier may recover pro rata for the actual distance transported when the consignee voluntarily receives the goods at an intermediate point. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2049; Code 1868, § 2051; Code 1873, § 2077; Code 1882, § 2077; Civil Code 1895, § 2287; Civil Code 1910, § 2741; Code 1933, § 18-307.
§ 46-9-47. Fraud on Carrier as to Nature and Value of Goods
A carrier may require the nature and value of the goods delivered to him to be made known, and any fraudulent acts, sayings, or concealment by his customers will release him from liability. History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2051; Code 1868, § 2054; Code 1873, § 2080; Code 1882, § 2080; Civil Code 1895, § […]