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.