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DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS 1738-3273.91›TITLE 7. CARRIAGE 2085-2218›CHAPTER 3. Carriage of Property 2110-2144›ARTICLE 4. Freightage 2136-2144

§ 2137

California Civil Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Enacted 1872.)

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