SEC. 77-9-41. General penalty provision.

If any railroad or other common carrier subject to the provisions of this chapter shall violate any of its provisions, or shall fail to do and perform any duty imposed by law, or shall fail to comply with any lawful order of the public service commission or to conform to any of its reasonable rules and regulations, or shall demand or receive a greater sum for the transportation and handling of any passenger or freight than authorized by law or the commission, it shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for every such failure or overcharge not otherwise punished, to be recovered by action in the name of the commission in any county where such failure may occur or overcharge be made. Such action shall be instituted by the attorney-general or the district attorney in his district. In trials of cases brought for violation of any tariff of charges as fixed by the commission, it may be shown in defense that such tariff so fixed was unreasonable and unjust to the carrier.

SOURCES: Codes, 1892, Sec. 4329; 1906, Sec. 4883; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 7670; 1930, Sec. 7043; 1942, Sec. 7819; Laws, 1908, ch. 81.

1997 Amendment:

 Repealed.

SOURCE: 1997 Laws, Chapter 460, Sec. 10, SB2997, Effective July 1, 1997.