37-2-32
Section 37-2-32 Partial delivery of consignment. Whenever any freight shall be received by
any transportation company in this state to be delivered to any consignee within this state,
and a portion of the same shall not have been received at the place of destination, it shall
be unlawful for the company to demand any part of the charges for freight or transportation
due for such portion of the shipment as shall not have arrived at the place of destination.
The company shall be required to deliver to consignee such portion of the consignment as shall
be required to deliver to consignee such portion of the consignment as shall have been received
upon the payment or tender of the freight charges due upon such portion, unless otherwise
agreed upon between the consignee and company, but nothing in this article shall be construed
as interfering with or depriving a consignor, or other person having authority, of his rights
of stoppage in transitu. (Code 1907, §5551; Code 1923, §10048; Code...
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37-2-26
Section 37-2-26 Bills of lading or receipts - Charges to be settled according to stipulated
rate. All transportation companies doing business in this state shall settle their freight
charges according to the rate stipulated in the bill of lading, provided the rate stipulated
therein is in conformity with the classifications and rates made and filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, in case of shipment from without the state, and with those filed with
or established or approved by the Public Service Commission of the state, or those established
by statute, in case of shipments wholly within the state, by which classification and rates
all consignees shall in all cases be entitled to settle freight charges with such companies,
and it shall be the duty of such transportation companies to inform any consignee or consignees
of the correct amount due for freight, according to such classification and rates, and upon
payment or tender of the amount due, according to such classification...
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37-2-60
Section 37-2-60 Measure of damages for loss, injury, or delay in delivery, etc. In all cases
of loss, destruction, injury to, delay in delivering or failure to deliver property, chattels
or goods of any character to the person entitled thereto by a transportation company, having
received the same for shipment in accordance with the contract of shipment, such transportation
company shall be liable to the person having the title to such property, chattels, or goods,
when lost or destroyed, for the market value of such chattels, property, or goods at the place
of destination, at the time and in the condition they should have been delivered, with interest
from the time they should have been delivered; and where injured, for the damages caused thereto,
less the amount of freight charges due for their transportation, with interest from the time
they should have been delivered uninjured; and in case of delay beyond a reasonable time,
the difference in the value of the goods when they should...
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37-2-21
Section 37-2-21 Bills of lading or receipts - When issued; contents; receipt for cotton in
bales; common-law liability not affected. (a) Every transportation company receiving property
for transportation, originating and terminating in this state, shall issue to the shipper
a receipt or bill of lading therefor in which shall be stated the class or classes of freight
shipped and the rate to the point of destination and aggregate charge made for the transportation
and shall be liable to the lawful holder thereof for any loss, damage or injury to such property
negligently caused by it or by any transportation company to which said property may be delivered,
or over whose lines such property may pass; and no contract, stipulation, receipt, rule or
regulation contained in said receipt or bill of lading, or otherwise, shall exempt such transportation
company from the liability hereby imposed; but nothing in this subsection shall deprive any
holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any...
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37-2-27
Section 37-2-27 Notice to consignees of arrival of freight. A transportation company, if the
place of destination of freight is a city or town having a daily mail, is not relieved from
liability as a transportation company by reason of a deposit or storage of freight in a depot
or warehouse, unless, within 24 hours after the arrival of such freight, notice thereof is
given the consignee, personally or through the mail; and if notice is given through the mail,
the postage must, by the consignee, be refunded to the carrier. (Code 1886, §1180; Code 1896,
§4224; Code 1907, §6137; Code 1923, §10496; Code 1940, T. 48, §138.)...
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37-2-43
Section 37-2-43 Soliciting claims against transportation companies forbidden. No agent, officer
or attorney of any traffic association or freight bureau shall ask for, bid for or solicit
any claim from any shipper or consignee against any transportation company, and no portion
of any money paid by any company on any such reparation claim shall ever be paid to any such
agent, officer or attorney of such traffic association or freight bureau who asks for, bids
for or solicits any such claim from such shipper or consignee. (Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92;
Code 1923, §9725; Code 1940, T. 48, §160.)...
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37-2-31
Section 37-2-31 Duty to receive or transport freight; liability for failure or delay. Every
transportation company subject to the provisions of this chapter, its agents or officers,
whose duty it is to receive freights, shall receive all articles of the nature and kind received
by said companies for transportation whenever tendered at a regular station at proper hours
and in good shipping condition, according to reasonable rules prescribed by the transportation
company or the Public Service Commission, and every loaded car tendered at a sidetrack or
any warehouse connected with the railroad by a siding, and shall forward the same without
delay and within a reasonable time to the point of destination, under and in compliance with
such reasonable rules, regulations and requirements as may be prescribed by the Public Service
Commission or by law, and, upon the failure of any such railroad company or other transportation
company doing business in this state to so receive and so transport...
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37-2-61
Section 37-2-61 Claim for damages. (a) When any property, chattels, or goods have been received
by any transportation company for transportation, and such goods, chattels, or property shall
be lost, destroyed or injured, or shall not be delivered according to the contract of shipment,
the shipper, consignor, consignee, or other person entitled to demand and receive them shall
make out an itemized statement of the goods, property or chattels so lost, destroyed or injured,
or not delivered, setting forth the kind of articles, and the number thereof, and the value
and the extent or amount of damages, and shall, after making, subscribing and swearing to
the same before an officer authorized to administer an oath, deliver the same to the said
transportation company, agent, or officer of said transportation company so receiving said
shipment within 60 days after said loss, destruction, injury, or failure to deliver such goods,
property or chattels. (b) When such verified statement of such...
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37-2-28
Section 37-2-28 Sale of unclaimed freight - Nonperishable freight. (a) Any transportation company
having an office or place of business in this state, and having any unclaimed articles, not
perishable, in its possession for a period of 40 days, may, at the expiration of that time,
sell the same at public auction. (b) Out of the proceeds thereof, the transportation company
may retain the transportation charges, storage, advertisement and sale, and said sale may
be held at any point where, in the opinion of the officers of such transportation company,
the best prices can be obtained. (c) Notice of such sale shall be mailed to the consignor
and consignee in writing not less than 15 days before such sale shall be made, or notice of
such sale shall be published for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published
at the point of destination; but if there is no such paper published at such point of destination,
then the publication may be made in any paper having a general...
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37-3-26
Section 37-3-26 Collection of rates and charges. No common carrier by motor vehicle shall deliver
or relinquish possession at destination of any freight transported by it in intrastate commerce
until all tariff rates and charges thereon have been paid, except under such rules and regulations
as the commission may from time to time prescribe to govern the settlement of all such rates
and charges, including rules and regulations for weekly or monthly settlement, and to prevent
unjust discrimination or undue preference or prejudice; provided, that the provisions of this
section shall not be construed to prohibit any such carrier from extending credit in connection
with rates and charges on freight transported for the United States for any department, bureau,
or agency thereof, or for any state or political subdivision thereof. Where any common carrier
by motor vehicle is instructed by a shipper or consignor to deliver property transported by
such carrier to a consignee other than the...
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