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37-3-23
Section 37-3-23 Bills of lading. Every common carrier by motor vehicle subject to the provisions
of this chapter receiving property for transportation originating and terminating in this
state shall issue to the shipper a receipt or bill of lading therefor and shall be liable
as a common carrier under the laws of this state to the lawful holder thereof for any loss,
damage or injury to such property caused by it; and no contract, stipulation, receipt, rule
or regulation contained in said receipt or bill of lading, or otherwise, shall exempt such
common carrier from the liability hereby imposed; but nothing in this section shall deprive
any holder of such receipt or bill of lading of any remedy or right of action which he has
under existing law. Every bill of lading so issued to the shipper shall state the class or
classes of freight or express shipped and the rate to the point of destination and the aggregate
charge made for the transportation. The commission shall prescribe the forms...
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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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37-2-61
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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7-2-504
Section 7-2-504 Shipment by seller. Where the seller is required or authorized to send the
goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination,
then unless otherwise agreed he must: (a) Put the goods in the possession of such a carrier
and make such a contract for their transportation as may be reasonable having regard to the
nature of the goods and other circumstances of the case; and (b) Obtain and promptly deliver
or tender in due form any document necessary to enable the buyer to obtain possession of the
goods or otherwise required by the agreement or by usage of trade; and (c) Promptly notify
the buyer of the shipment. Failure to notify the buyer under paragraph (c) or to make a proper
contract under paragraph (a) is a ground for rejection only if material delay or loss ensues.
(Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)...
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7-7-102
Section 7-7-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) In this article, unless the context
otherwise requires: (1) "Bailee" means a person that by a warehouse receipt, bill
of lading, or other document of title acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver
them. (2) A "carrier" means a person that issues a bill of lading. (3) "Consignee"
means a person named in a bill of lading to which or to whose order the bill promises delivery.
(4) "Consignor" means a person named in a bill of lading as the person from which
the goods have been received for shipment. (5) "Delivery order" means a record that
contains an order to deliver goods directed to a warehouse, carrier, or other person that
in the ordinary course of business issues warehouse receipts or bills of lading. (6) "Good
faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. (7) "Goods"
means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or
transportation. (8) "Issuer"...
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37-9-13
Section 37-9-13 Interstate rates, services, etc. The commission shall have authority to investigate
all interstate rates, fares, charges, classifications and services, or rules or practices
in relation thereto, for or in relation to the interstate transportation of property or passengers
by aircraft, where any act in relation thereto shall take place within, or affect the commerce
of, the state. When such rates, fares, charges or classifications are, in the opinion of the
commission, excessive or discriminatory or are levied or laid in violation of the act of Congress
entitled "The Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938," approved June 23, 1938, and the acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, or in conflict with the rules, orders or regulations
of the authorities having jurisdiction thereof, or when such services are, in the opinion
of the commission, inadequate, unsatisfactory or discriminatory, the commission may apply
by petition to the authorities having jurisdiction thereof, for...
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37-8-27
Section 37-8-27 Free passes, rebates or discounts, etc. - Penalties for violations. Any common
carrier, whether a corporation, association, partnership or person, engaged in the business
of a common carrier of passengers in this state, or the agent, officer, servant or employee
of such, who shall give, procure for or deliver to any person or accept any free passes, tickets
or free transportation for any person, or give, make or allow any rebate, discount or reduction
from such rates as are offered or given to the public at large, except as provided in Section
37-8-28; and any person other than the persons excepted in Section 37-8-28, who accepts or
uses any such free ticket, free passes or free transportation, rebate, discount or reduction
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be indicted as such corporation, partnership or
person for each offense and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more
than $2,000.00, or be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to...
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7-2A-526
Section 7-2A-526 Lessor's stoppage of delivery in transit or otherwise. (1) A lessor may stop
delivery of goods in the possession of a carrier or other bailee if the lessor discovers the
lessee to be insolvent and may stop delivery of carload, truckload, planeload, or larger shipments
of express or freight if the lessee repudiates or fails to make a payment due before delivery,
whether for rent, security or otherwise under the lease contract, or for any other reason
the lessor has a right to withhold or take possession of the goods. (2) In pursuing its remedies
under subsection (1), the lessor may stop delivery until (a) receipt of the goods by the lessee;
(b) acknowledgment to the lessee by any bailee of the goods, except a carrier, that the bailee
holds the goods for the lessee; or (c) such an acknowledgment to the lessee by a carrier via
reshipment or as a warehouse. (3)(a) To stop delivery, a lessor shall so notify as to enable
the bailee by reasonable diligence to prevent delivery...
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37-2-62
Section 37-2-62 Action for damages. (a) If the value of such goods, property or chattels so
lost, destroyed or not delivered, or the amount of damages or injury, where injured, shall
not be paid or tendered to such person entitled thereto so presenting such verified claim
therefor within the time prescribed in subsection (b) of Section 37-2-61, such person may,
on bringing an action therefor and on making proof of such shipment and loss, or destruction,
failure to deliver or injury to such goods, chattels or property, and the due presentation
of such verified claim, or demand for the value of, or damage to such goods, property or chattels,
and that such claim was not for more than such value or injury, and the failure of such transportation
company to pay for the same within 60 days from the making of such demand, recover from the
said transportation company fourfold damages, suffered by reason of such loss, destruction
or injury, unless such loss, destruction or injury is the result...
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26-1A-214
Section 26-1A-214 Benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service. (a) In
this section, "benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service"
means any benefit, program, or assistance provided under a statute or regulation including,
but not limited to, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. (b) Unless the power of attorney
otherwise provides, language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect
to benefits from governmental programs or civil or military service authorizes the agent to:
(1) execute vouchers in the name of the principal for allowances and reimbursements payable
by the United States or a foreign government or by a state or subdivision of a state to the
principal, including allowances and reimbursements for transportation of the individuals described
in Section 26-1A-213(a)(1), and for shipment of their household effects; (2) take possession
and order the removal and shipment of property of the principal from a post,...
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