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CA Civ Code § 2142 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 3 - Carriage of Property|ARTICLE 4 - Freightage|Section 2142.

2142.  If a consignee voluntarily receives freight at a place short of the one appointed for delivery, the carrier is entitled to a just proportion of the freightage, according to distance. If the carrier, being ready and willing, offers to complete the transit, he is entitled to the full freightage. If he does not thus offer completion, and the consignee receives the freight only from necessity, the carrier is not entitled to any freightage.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2143 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 3 - Carriage of Property|ARTICLE 4 - Freightage|Section 2143.

2143.  If freight is carried further, or more expeditiously, than was agreed upon by the parties, the carrier is not entitled to additional compensation, and cannot refuse to deliver it, on the demand of the consignee, at the place and time of its arrival.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2144 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 3 - Carriage of Property|ARTICLE 4 - Freightage|Section 2144.

2144.  A carrier has a lien for (a) freightage and for services rendered at request of shipper or consignee in and about the transportation of the property, (b) care and preservation of the property, (c) money advanced at request of shipper or consignee to discharge a prior lien, and (d), subject to the limitations specified in Section 3051.6, any fines, penalties, costs, expenses, and interest arising from the provision of false or erroneous certifications of gross cargo weight as required by Section 508 of Title 49 of the United States Code. The carrier’s rights to this lien are regulated by the title on liens.(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 757, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Civ Code § [2168.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section [2168.].

[2168.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-eight. Every one who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic messages, is a common carrier of whatever he thus offers to carry.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2169 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2169.

2169.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2170 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2170.

2170.  A common carrier must not give preference in time, price, or otherwise, to one person over another. Every common carrier of passengers by railroad, or by vessel plying upon waters lying wholly within this State, shall establish a schedule time for the starting of trains or vessel from their respective stations or wharves, of which public notice shall be given, and shall, weather permitting, except in case of accident or detention caused by connecting lines, start their said trains or vessel at or within ten minutes after the scheduled time so established and notice given, under a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars for each neglect so to do, to be recovered by action before any Court of competent jurisdiction, upon complaint filed by the District Attorney of the county in the name of the people, and paid into the Common School Fund of the said county.(Amended by Code Amendments 1880, Ch. 37.)
CA Civ Code § 2171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2171.

2171.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [2172.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section [2172.].

[2172.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-two. 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.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2173 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2173.

2173.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [2174.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section [2174.].

[2174.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-four. The obligations of a common carrier cannot be limited by general notice on his part, but may be limited by special contract.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2175 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2175.

2175.  A common carrier cannot be exonerated, by any agreement made in anticipation thereof, from liability for the gross negligence, fraud, or willful wrong of himself or his servants.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [2176.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section [2176.].

[2176.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-six. A passenger, consignor, or consignee, by accepting a ticket, bill of lading, or written contract for carriage, with a knowledge of its terms, assents to the rate of hire, the time, place, and manner of delivery therein stated; and also to the limitation stated therein upon the amount of the carrier’s liability in case property carried in packages, trunks, or boxes, is lost or injured, when the value of such property is not named; and also to the limitation stated therein to the carrier’s liability for loss or injury to live animals carried. But his assent to any other modification of the carrier’s obligations contained in such instrument can be manifested only by his signature to the same.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § [2177.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section [2177.].

[2177.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Seventy-seven. A common carrier is not responsible for loss or miscarriage of a letter, or package having the form of a letter, containing money or notes, bills of exchange, or other papers of value, unless he be informed at the time of its receipt of the value of its contents. (Added by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2178 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 1 - Common Carriers in General|Section 2178.

2178.  A common carrier of property by steam or electric railroad which accepts for transportation, storage, handling or safe-keeping, as a part of or in connection with passenger transportation, property carried in trunks, valises, suit cases, traveling bags, boxes, bundles or packages, shall not be liable, in the event of loss of or injury to the same, for more than one hundred dollars for each trunk and contents, nor more than fifty dollars for each valise and contents, or suit case and contents, or traveling bag and contents, nor more than ten dollars for each box, bundle or package and contents, unless the carrier shall have consented in writing to assume a greater liability. The term “common carrier” as used in this section shall include sleeping car companies.(Added by Stats. 1931, Ch. 614.)
CA Civ Code § 2180 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2180.

2180.  A common carrier of persons, unless his vehicle is fitted for the reception of persons exclusively, must receive and carry a reasonable amount of baggage for each passenger without charge, except for an excess of weight over one hundred pounds to a passenger; if such carrier is a proprietor of a stage line, he need not receive and carry for each passenger by such stage line, without charge, more than sixty pounds of baggage.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 455.)
CA Civ Code § 2181 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2181.

2181.  Luggage may consist of whatever the passenger takes with him for his personal use and convenience, according to the habits or wants of the particular class to which he belongs, either with reference to the important necessities or to the ultimate purposes of his journey. Luggage within the meaning of this section shall include the samples, case, wares, appliances and catalogs of commercial travelers or their employers, used by them for the purpose of transacting their business and carried with them solely for that purpose, when securely packed and locked in substantial trunks or sample cases of convenient shape and weight for handling. No crate cover or other protection shall be required for any bicycle carried as luggage, but no passenger shall be entitled to carry as luggage more than one bicycle.(Amended by Stats. 1911, Ch. 363.)
CA Civ Code § 2182 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2182.

2182.  The liability of a carrier for luggage received by him with a passenger is the same as that of a common carrier of property.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [2183.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section [2183.].

[2183.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Eighty-three. 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 would be overcrowded or overloaded thereby, must carry it on the same vehicle by which he carries the passenger to whom it belonged, except that where luggage is transported by rail, it must be checked and carried in a regular baggage car; and whenever passengers neglect or refuse to have their luggage so checked and transported, it is carried at their risk.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2184 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2184.

2184.  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. This section shall not apply, however, to any passenger stage corporation or street railroad corporation, as defined in Sections 226 and 232, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utilities Commission.(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 511.)
CA Civ Code § 2185 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2185.

2185.  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. This section shall not apply, however, to any city, county, city and county that operates a transportation system, or to any passenger stage corporation or street railroad corporation, as defined in Sections 226 and 232, respectively, of the Public Utilities Code, which is subject to the jursidiction of the Public Utilities Commission.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1409.)
CA Civ Code § 2186 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2186.

2186.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2187 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2187.

2187.  A common carrier may demand the fare of passengers, either at starting or at any subsequent time.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2188 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2188.

2188.  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.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2190 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2190.

2190.  After having ejected a passenger, a carrier has no right to require the payment of any part of his fare.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2191 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 2 - Common Carriers of Persons|Section 2191.

2191.  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. This lien is regulated by the Title on Liens.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2194 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2194.

2194.  Unless the consignor accompanies the freight and retains exclusive control thereof, an inland common carrier of property is liable, from the time that he accepts until he relieves himself from liability pursuant to Sections 2118 to 2122, for the loss or injury thereof from any cause whatever, except:1. An inherent defect, vice, or weakness, or a spontaneous action, of the property itself;2. The act of a public enemy of the United States, or of this State;3. The act of the law; or,4. Any irresistible superhuman cause.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2195 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2195.

2195.  A common carrier is liable, even in the cases excepted by the last section, if his want of ordinary care exposes the property to the cause of the loss.(Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 455.)
CA Civ Code § [2196.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section [2196.].

[2196.]   Section Twenty-one Hundred and Ninety-six. A common carrier is liable for delay only when it is caused by his want of ordinary care and diligence.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2197 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2197.

2197.  (a) Liability for storage or equipment rental charges assessed against a motor carrier by a railroad or steamship company shall be as follows if the charges arise out of a delay caused by the consignor or consignee of the freight: (1) The consignor is liable to the motor carrier for the charges if the consignor caused the delay.(2) The consignee is liable to the motor carrier for the charges if the consignee caused the delay.(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights, duties, and obligations between a railroad or steamship company and a motor carrier.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 937, Sec. 1.)
CA Civ Code § 2197.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2197.5.

2197.5.  (a) In addition to the liability established by Section 2197, the consignee is liable to the motor carrier for the charges if the freight is shipped prepaid and the delay was caused by either the consignor or the consignee.(b) Nothing in this section shall affect the rights, duties, and obligations between a railroad or steamship company and a motor carrier.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 466, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Civ Code § [2200.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section [2200.].

[2200.]   Section Twenty-two Hundred. A common carrier of gold, silver, platina, or precious stones, or of imitations thereof, in a manufactured or unmanufactured state; of timepieces of any description; of negotiable paper or other valuable writings; of pictures, glass, or chinaware; of statuary, silk, or laces; or of plated ware of any kind, is not liable for more than fifty dollars upon the loss or injury of any one package of such articles, unless he has notice, upon his receipt thereof, by mark upon the package or otherwise, of the nature of the freight; nor is such carrier liable upon any package carried for more than the value of the articles named in the receipt or the bill of lading.(Amended by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2203 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2203.

2203.  In respect to any service rendered by a common carrier about freight, other than its carriage and delivery, his rights and obligations are defined by the Titles on Deposit and Service.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § [2204.] (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section [2204.].

[2204.]   Section Twenty-two Hundred and Four. If, from any cause other than want of ordinary care and diligence on his part, a common carrier is unable to deliver perishable property transported by him, and collect his charges thereon, he may cause the property to be sold in open market to satisfy his lien for freightage.(Added by Code Amendments 1873-74, Ch. 612.)
CA Civ Code § 2205 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 3 - Common Carriers of Property|Section 2205.

2205.  The liability of any stageline, transfer company, or other common carriers operating over the public highways for the loss of or for damage to any baggage shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) for each trunk and its contents; two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each valise, suitcase or traveling bag and its contents; or two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for each box, bundle, or package and its contents, unless a higher valuation is declared at the time of delivery of such baggage to the carrier and assented thereto in writing by such carrier.All baggage presented to the carrier for checking shall be appropriately tagged by the owner with his name and address.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1653.)
CA Civ Code § 2207 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 4 - Common Carriers of Messages|Section 2207.

2207.  A carrier of messages by telegraph must, if it is practicable, transmit every such message immediately upon its receipt. But if this is not practicable, and several messages accumulate upon his hands, he must transmit them in the following order:1. Messages from public agents of the United States or of this State, on public business;2. Messages intended in good faith for immediate publication in newspapers, and not for any secret use;3. Messages giving information relating to the sickness or death of any person;4. Other messages in the order in which they were received.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2208 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 4 - Common Carriers of Messages|Section 2208.

2208.  A common carrier of messages, otherwise than by telegraph, must transmit messages in the order in which he receives them, except messages from agents of the United States or of this State, on public business, to which he must always give priority. But he may fix upon certain times for the simultaneous transmission of messages previously received.(Enacted 1872.)
CA Civ Code § 2209 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 3 - OBLIGATIONS|PART 4 - OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS|TITLE 7 - CARRIAGE|CHAPTER 5 - Common Carriers|ARTICLE 4 - Common Carriers of Messages|Section 2209.

2209.  Every person whose message is refused or postponed, contrary to the provisions of this Chapter, is entitled to recover from the carrier his actual damages, and fifty dollars in addition thereto.(Enacted 1872.)