All railroad companies doing business in this State shall publish during the months of January and February of each year, the rates of freight on watermelons and cantaloupes per carload of twenty-four thousand pounds and upwards, from the various points in this State to the different markets of the country. Such rates shall not be increased during the year in which they are published. Any railroad company violating the provisions of this section by charging rates higher than those so published shall forfeit to the person injured double the amount of the freight charged, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-1067; 1952 Code Section 58-1067; 1942 Code Section 8309; 1932 Code Section 8309; Civ. C. '22 Section 4856; Civ. C. '12 Section 3179; 1903 (24) 82.