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2018 Georgia Code 46-9-26 | Car Wreck Lawyer

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

Section 9. Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally, 46-9-1 through 46-9-332.

ARTICLE 2 ESTABLISHMENT AND REVISION OF RATES FOR RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION

46-9-26. Commission to prescribe schedule of maximum rates and charges for freight storage by railroad companies.

The commission is required to fix and prescribe a schedule of maximum rates and charges for storage of freight to be made and charged by railroad companies doing business in this state, and to fix at what time after the receipt of freight at place of destination such charges for storage shall begin. The commission shall have the power to vary such rates and charges according to the value and character of the freight stored, the nature of the place of destination, the residence of the consignee, and such other facts as in its judgment should be considered in fixing the same. All of the provisions of this title prescribing the procedure to be followed by the commission in fixing freight and passenger tariffs, hearing complaints of carriers and shippers, and altering and amending freight and passenger tariffs shall apply to the subject of fixing and amending rates and charges for storage.

(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 149, § 1; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2206, 2207; Civil Code 1910, §§ 2649, 2650; Code 1933, § 93-317.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Courts have no power to control and make rates.

- Making and controlling utility rates is legislative function delegated to quasi-legislative body and the Georgia courts have no power to control and make such rates. DeKalb County v. Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Co., 358 F. Supp. 498 (N.D. Ga. 1972), aff'd, 478 F.2d 700 (5th Cir. 1973).

Cited in Dixon v. Central of Ga. Ry., 110 Ga. 173, 35 S.E. 369 (1900); Gray v. McLendon, 134 Ga. 224, 67 S.E. 859 (1910).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 164 et seq., 172. 64 Am. Jur. 2d, Public Utilities, § 166 et seq.

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