CHAPTER 5. Common Carriers [[2168.] - 2212.]

Chapter 5 enacted 1872.

§§ [2168.]–2212 · 37 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Common Carriers in General [[2168.] - 2178.] §§ [2168.]–2178 · 11 sections

   • § [2168.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-eight. Every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is…
   • § 2169 A common carrier must, if able to do so, accept and carry whatever is offered to him, at a reasonable time and place, of a kind that he undertakes or is…
   • § 2170 A common carrier must not give preference in time, price, or otherwise, to one person over another. Every common carrier of passengers by railroad, or by…
   • § 2171 A common carrier must always give a preference in time, and may give a preference in price, to the United States and to this State.
   • § [2172.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-two. A common carrier must start at such time and place as he announces to the public, unless detained by accident or…
   • § 2173 A common carrier is entitled to a reasonable compensation and no more, which he may require to be paid in advance. If payment thereof is refused, he may refuse…
   • § [2174.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-four. The obligations of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on his part, but may be limited by special…
   • § 2175 A common carrier cannot be exonerated, by any agreement made in anticipation thereof, from liability for the gross negligence, fraud, or willful wrong of…
   • § [2176.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-six. A passenger, consignor, or consignee, by accepting a ticket, bill of lading, or written contract for carriage, with…
   • § [2177.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-seven. A common carrier is not responsible for loss or miscarriage of a letter, or package having the form of a letter,…
   • § 2178 A common carrier of property by steam or electric railroad which accepts for transportation, storage, handling or safe-keeping, as a part of or in connection…
2. ARTICLE 2. Common Carriers of Persons §§ 2180–2191 · 11 sections

   • § 2180 A common carrier of persons, unless his vehicle is fitted for the reception of persons exclusively, must receive and carry a reasonable amount of baggage for…
   • § 2181 Luggage may consist of whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use and convenience, according to the habits or wants of the particular class to…
   • § 2182 The liability of a carrier for luggage received by him with a passenger is the same as that of a common carrier of property.
   • § [2183.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Eighty-three. A common carrier must deliver every passenger’s luggage, whether within the prescribed weight or not, immediately…
   • § 2184 A common carrier of persons must provide a sufficient number of vehicles to accommodate all the passengers who can be reasonably expected to require carriage…
   • § 2185 A common carrier of persons must provide every passenger with a seat. He must not overload his vehicle by receiving and carrying more passengers than its rated…
   • § 2186 A common carrier of persons may make rules for the conduct of his business, and may require passengers to conform to them, if they are lawful, public, uniform…
   • § 2187 A common carrier may demand the fare of passengers, either at starting or at any subsequent time.
   • § 2188 A passenger who refuses to pay his fare or to conform to any lawful regulation of the carrier, may be ejected from the vehicle by the carrier. But this must be…
   • § 2190 After having ejected a passenger, a carrier has no right to require the payment of any part of his fare.
   • § 2191 A common carrier has a lien upon the luggage of a passenger for the payment of such fare as he is entitled to from him. This lien is regulated by the Title on…
3. ARTICLE 3. Common Carriers of Property §§ 2194–2205 · 9 sections

   • § 2194 Unless the consignor accompanies the freight and retains exclusive control thereof, an inland common carrier of property is liable, from the time that he…
   • § 2195 A common carrier is liable, even in the cases excepted by the last section, if his want of ordinary care exposes the property to the cause of the loss.
   • § [2196.] Section Twenty-one Hundred and Ninety-six. A common carrier is liable for delay only when it is caused by his want of ordinary care and diligence.
   • § 2197 (a) Liability for storage or equipment rental charges assessed against a motor carrier by a railroad or steamship company shall be as follows if the charges…
   • § 2197.5 (a) In addition to the liability established by Section 2197, the consignee is liable to the motor carrier for the charges if the freight is shipped prepaid…
   • § [2200.] Section Twenty-two Hundred. A common carrier of gold, silver, platina, or precious stones, or of imitations thereof, in a manufactured or unmanufactured state;…
   • § 2203 In respect to any service rendered by a common carrier about freight, other than its carriage and delivery, his rights and obligations are defined by the…
   • § [2204.] Section Twenty-two Hundred and Four. If, from any cause other than want of ordinary care and diligence on his part, a common carrier is unable to deliver…
   • § 2205 The liability of any stageline, transfer company, or other common carriers operating over the public highways for the loss of or for damage to any baggage…
4. ARTICLE 4. Common Carriers of Messages §§ 2207–2209 · 3 sections

   • § 2207 A carrier of messages by telegraph must, if it is practicable, transmit every such message immediately upon its receipt. But if this is not practicable, and…
   • § 2208 A common carrier of messages, otherwise than by telegraph, must transmit messages in the order in which he receives them, except messages from agents of the…
   • § 2209 Every person whose message is refused or postponed, contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, is entitled to recover from the carrier his actual damages, and…
5. ARTICLE 5. Space Flight Liability and Immunity §§ 2210–2212 · 3 sections

   • § 2210 For purposes of this article: (a) “Participant” means a space flight participant as defined in Section 50902 of Title 51 of the United States Code. (b)…
   • § 2211 (a) A space flight entity providing space flight activities to a participant shall have each participant sign a warning statement that shall contain, at a…
   • § 2212 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a space flight entity shall not be liable for participant injury arising out of space flight activities if both of…