ARTICLE 1. Common Carriers in General [[2168.] - 2178.]

Article 1 enacted 1872.

§§ [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…