• § 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...
• § 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.
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 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.
• § 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...
• § 46-9-48 - Adjustment and Payment by Common Carriers of Claims for Loss of Property or Overcharge for Freight; Effect of Failure by Common Carrier to Adjust and Pay Claim
  Every claim for loss of or damage to property, or for overcharge for freight, for which any common carrier of household goods may be...
• § 46-9-49 - Duty of Railroad or Transportation Company to Furnish Facilities for Weighing Freight; Measure of Damages for Overcharges Caused by Overweights or False Billing
  (a) Every railroad or transportation company in this state shall furnish suitable and adequate facilities for correctly weighing all freight offered for shipment in...
• § 46-9-50 - Weighing of Railroad Cars by Certified Public Weighers; Manner of Weighing Cars
  (a) Whenever any railroad company in this state weighs any cars loaded with freight to be shipped and charged for by the carload, such...
• § 46-9-51 - Written Application for Railroad Cars As Prerequisite for Consignors' and Shippers' Taking Advantage of Penalties or Forfeitures for Failure of Company to Supply Cars
  Whenever a shipper or consignor requires a railroad company to furnish a car to be used in carload shipments, in order for the consignor...
• § 46-9-52 - Unjust Discrimination in Freight-Transportation Rates by Common Carriers Generally
  (a) No person, including an officer or agent of any corporation, shall, either by payment of money or other thing of value, by solicitation,...
• § 46-9-53 - Discrimination by Railroad Companies in Applying Freight-Storage Charges
  In applying freight-storage charges fixed by the commission, no railroad company shall discriminate between persons, either directly or indirectly, by means of rebate or...
• § 46-9-54 - Making and Retaining Freight-Storage Charges in Accordance With Rates Fixed by Commission
  No railroad company shall make or retain, either directly or indirectly, any charge for storage of freight greater than that fixed by the commission...
• § 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...
• § 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...
• § 46-9-57 - False Billing or False Weighing by a Person Who Delivers Property for Transportation to a Common Carrier or for Whom, As Consignor or Consignee, Such Carrier Transports Property
  Any person, including any officer or agent of any corporation, who delivers property to any common carrier of freights within this state for transportation...

Last modified: October 14, 2016