Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2136. Section 2136.
A carrier may require his freightage to be paid upon his receiving the freight; but if he does not demand it then, he cannot until he is ready to deliver the freight to the consignee.
ARTICLE 4. Freightage [2136. - 2144.]
Cal. Civil Code - CIV 4.
in effectCal. Civil Code - CIV § 2137. Section 2137.
The consignor of freight is presumed to be liable for the freightage, but if the contract between him and the carrier provides that the consignee shall pay it, and the carrier allows the consignee to take the freight, he cannot afterwards recover the freightage from the consignor.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2138. Section 2138.
The consignee of freight is liable for the freightage, if he accepts the freight with notice of the intention of the consignor that he should pay it.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2139. Section 2139.
No freightage can be charged upon the natural increase of freight.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2140. Section 2140.
If freightage is apportioned by a bill of lading or other contract made between a consignor and carrier, the carrier is entitled to payment, according to the apportionment, for so much as he delivers.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2141. Section 2141.
If a part of the freight is accepted by a consignee, without a specific objection that the rest is not delivered, the freightage must be apportioned and paid as to that part, though not apportioned in the original contract.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2142. Section 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.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2143. Section 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.
Cal. Civil Code - CIV § 2144. Section 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.
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