Georgia § 46-9-20 - Schedules of transportation rates for passengers and freight by railroad companies as evidence of just and reasonable nature of rates; commission to change and revise schedules periodically.
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§ 46-9-20. Schedules of transportation rates for passengers and freight by railroad companies as evidence of just and reasonable nature of rates; commission to change and revise schedules periodically.
Any schedule of rates and charges established by the commission for the transportation of passengers and freight shall, in actions brought against any railroad company involving the rates charged by the company for the transportation of any passengers or freight, or cars, including actions involving unjust discrimination in relation to such rates, be deemed and taken in all courts as sufficient evidence that the rates therein fixed are just and reasonable rates or charges for the transportation of passengers and freight and cars upon the railroads. The commission shall, from time to time, and as often as the circumstances may require, change and revise such schedules. (Ga. L. 1878-79, p. 125, § 6; Code 1882, § 719f; Ga. L. 1888, p. 37, § 9; Ga. L. 1889, p. 131, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 2190; Civil Code 1910, § 2631; Code 1933, § 93-310.) Cross references. - Commission's power to determine just and reasonable rates and charges for railroad transportation, § 46-8-20 .
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