{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"2137","citation":"Civ. Code, § 2137","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3"},{"name":"PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 7. CARRIAGE [2085. - 2218.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Carriage of Property [2110. - 2144.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-7/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Freightage [2136. - 2144.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-3/part-4/title-7/chapter-3/article-4"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>The consignor of freight is presumed to be liable for the freightage, but if the contract between him and the carrier provides that the consignee shall pay it, and the carrier allows the consignee to take the freight, he cannot afterwards recover the freightage from the consignor.</p>","text":"The consignor of freight is presumed to be liable for the freightage, but if the contract between him and the carrier provides that the consignee shall pay it, and the carrier allows the consignee to take the freight, he cannot afterwards recover the freightage from the consignor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/freightage-2137","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}