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2018 Georgia Code 46-9-53 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 46-9-53 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 46-9-53

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

46-9-53. Discrimination by railroad companies in applying freight-storage charges.

In applying freight-storage charges fixed by the commission, no railroad company shall discriminate between persons, either directly or indirectly, by means of rebate or any other device.

(Ga. L. 1890-91, p. 149, § 3; Civil Code 1895, § 2208; Civil Code 1910, § 2651; Code 1933, § 93-403.)

Cross references.

- Limitation on authority of General Assembly regarding regulation of public utility rates, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. III, Sec. VI, Para. V.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Sipple v. Seaboard Air-Line Ry., 28 Ga. App. 16, 110 S.E. 39 (1921); Georgia Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 205 Ga. 863, 55 S.E.2d 618 (1949).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, § 169.

C.J.S.

- 13 C.J.S., Carriers, §§ 195, 370.

ALR.

- Franchise provisions for free or reduced rates of public service corporations as within constitutional or statutory provision prohibiting discrimination, 10 A.L.R. 504; 15 A.L.R. 1200.

Discrimination by public utility company in respect of extension of credit, 12 A.L.R. 964.

Liability of carrier for overcharging passenger, 56 A.L.R. 771.

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