Title 13, Common Carriers

No common carrier authorized to do business in this state, when requiring of any employee a bond or undertaking of any nature whatsoever, shall require as surety thereon any person not a resident of this state; nor shall any such common carrier accept as such surety any company, …

Every bond or undertaking of any nature whatsoever given by an employee of any common carrier authorized to do business in this state, shall be made to cover a definite term; and no such bond or undertaking shall be canceled without the consent of all parties thereto, except for …

Any officer, agent, or representative of any company, corporation, association or firm, or any other person who shall violate any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), nor more …

A carrier without reward, who has begun to perform his undertaking, must complete it in like manner as if he had received a reward, unless he restores the person or thing carried to as favorable a position as before he commenced the carriage. R.L. 1910, § 785.

A carrier of persons without reward must use ordinary care and diligence for their safe carriage. R.L. 1910, § 799.

A carrier of persons for reward must use the utmost care and diligence for their safe carriage, must provide everything necessary for that purpose, and must exercise to that end a reasonable degree of skill. R.L. 1910, § 800.

A carrier of persons for reward is bound to provide vehicles safe and fit for the purposes to which they are put, and is not excused for default in this respect by any degree of care. R.L. 1910, § 801.

A carrier of persons for reward must not overcrowd or overload his vehicle. R.L. 1910, § 802.

A carrier of persons for reward must give to passengers all such accommodations as are usual and reasonable, must treat them with civility, and give them a reasonable degree of attention. R.L. 1910, § 803.

A carrier of persons for reward must travel at a reasonable rate of speed, and without any unreasonable delay or deviation from his proper route. R.L. 1910, § 804.

A common carrier of persons, unless his vehicle is fitted for the reception of passengers exclusively, must receive and carry a reasonable amount of luggage for each passenger, without any charge except for an excess of weight over one hundred and fifty (150) pounds to a passenge…

Luggage may consist of any articles intended for the use of a passenger while traveling, or for his personal equipment. R.L. 1910, § 806.

The liability of a carrier, for luggage received by him with a passenger, is the same as that of a common carrier of property. R.L. 1910, § 807.

Everyone who offers to the public to carry persons, property or messages is a common carrier of whatever he thus offers to carry. R.L. 1910, § 786.

A common carrier must deliver every passenger's luggage, whether within the prescribed weight or not, immediately upon the arrival of the passenger at his destination; and unless the vehicle be overcrowded or overloaded thereby, must carry it on the same vehicle by which he carri…

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 at any one time. R.L. 1910, § 809.

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 capacity allows. R.L. 1910, § 810.

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 in their application, and reasonable. R.L. 1910, § 811.

A common carrier may demand the fare of passengers either at starting or at any subsequent time. R.L. 1910, § 812.

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 done with as little violence as possible, and at any usual stopping place, or near some dwelling house. After having ej…

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. R.L. 1910, § 814.

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 accustomed to carry. R.L. 1910, § 787.

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. R.L. 1910, § 788.

Property carried is called freight; the reward, if any, to be paid for its carriage is called freightage; the person who delivers the freight to the carrier is called the consignor, and the person to whom it is to be delivered is called the consignee. R.L. 1910, § 817.

A carrier of property for reward must use at least ordinary care and diligence in the performance of all his duties. A carrier without reward must use at least slight care and diligence. R.L. 1910, § 818.

If there is no usage to the contrary at the place of delivery, freight must be delivered as follows: 1. If carried upon a railway owned and managed by the carrier, it may be delivered at the station nearest the place to which it is addressed. 2. In other cases, it must be deliver…

If, for any reason, a carrier does not deliver freight to the consignee or his agent, personally, he must give notice to the consignee of its arrival, and keep the same in safety, upon his responsibility as a warehouseman, until the consignee has had a reasonable time to remove i…

If a consignee does not accept and remove freight within a reasonable time after the carrier has fulfilled his obligation to deliver, or duly offered to fulfill the same, the carrier may exonerate himself from further liability by placing the freight in a suitable warehouse, on s…

A common carrier must start at such time and place as he announces to the public, unless detained by accident or the elements, or in order to connect with carriers on other lines of travel. R.L. 1910, § 789.

The provisions of this chapter shall apply to hotelkeepers and warehousemen. R.L. 1910, § 827.

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 to carry. R.L. 1910, § 790.

All agents of railroad and express companies doing business in this state are hereby prohibited from knowingly charging, collecting or receiving pay for any goods, wares, packages, merchandise, or any article whatever that may be sent or received by or through their respective of…