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Title 46. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION · Chapter 9. TRANSPORTATION OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS GENERALLY · Article 3. TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF FREIGHT AND LIVESTOCK · Part 1. DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CARRIERS GENERALLY

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.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. (a)

    Every railroad or transportation company in this state shall furnish suitable and adequate facilities for correctly weighing all freight offered for shipment in carload lots in this state at points where the volume of business offered is sufficient to warrant the expense.#

  2. (b)

    If any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad or transportation company, or person acting for or employed by such railroad or transportation company, shall, by reason of overweights or false billing, cause such railroad or transportation company to charge for any shipment more than the actual weight of such shipment, the said railroad or transportation company shall be liable to the owner of such shipment for damages in an amount equal to twice the charges on the excess weight so charged.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1889, p. 134, § 4; Civil Code 1895, § 2308; Civil Code 1910, § 2762; Code 1933, § 18-320.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t46-(v34)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V34, 2025 edition, page 826; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 53ab60ae5027.