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2018 Georgia Code 46-9-49 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 46-9-49 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 46-9-49

TITLE 46 PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

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

ARTICLE 3 TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF FREIGHT AND LIVESTOCK

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.

  1. 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. 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.

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

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Duty of railway company to install stock scales at station, 10 A.L.R. 1339.

Rail or motor freight carrier's liability for loss through weight deficiency of goods shipped, 39 A.L.R.2d 325.

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