O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 46-9-252 (2019)

Overcharging by officers, agents, or other employees of common carriers

✓ O.C.G.A.: 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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Any officer, agent, or other employee of a common carrier who charges a rate for transporting freight or passengers which is in excess of the rates established by the commission shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

(Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 237, § 1; Code 1868, § 4513; Code 1873, § 4603; Code 1882, § 4603; Penal Code 1895, § 681; Penal Code 1910, § 730; Code 1933, § 18-9913.)

Annotations

Cross references. - Authority of General Assembly regarding regulation of public utility rates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.

Prohibition against rebates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. VI.

General prohibition against unjust discrimination in freight-transportation rates by common carriers, § 46-9-52.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d. - 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, § 157.

C.J.S. - 13 C.J.S., Carriers, §§ 354, 355.

ALR. - Who may maintain action to recover back excessive freight charge, 13 A.L.R. 289.