69-11-204. Carriage of baggage by carriers of persons. (1) Baggage may consist of any articles intended for the use of a passenger while traveling or for the passenger's personal equipment.
(2) A common carrier of persons, unless the carrier's vehicle is fitted for the reception of persons exclusively, shall receive and carry a reasonable amount of baggage for each passenger without charge, except for an excess of weight over 100 pounds per passenger. However, if the carrier is a proprietor of a stage line, the carrier may not receive and carry for each passenger by the stage line, without charge, more than 60 pounds of baggage.
(3) The liability of a carrier for baggage received by the carrier with a passenger is the same as that of a common carrier of property.
(4) A common carrier shall deliver a passenger's baggage, whether within the prescribed weight or not, immediately upon the arrival of the passenger at the passenger's destination and, unless the vehicle would be overcrowded or overloaded, shall carry the baggage on the same vehicle carrying the passenger to whom it belongs. However, when baggage is transported by rail, it must be checked and carried in a regular baggage car, and whenever passengers neglect or refuse to have their baggage checked and transported, it is carried at their risk.
History: (1)En. Sec. 2891, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5343, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7857, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2181; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1144; re-en. Sec. 7857, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-802, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2890, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5342, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7856, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2180; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 1143; re-en. Sec. 7856, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-801, R.C.M. 1947; (3)En. Sec. 2892, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5344, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7858, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2182; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1145; re-en. Sec. 7858, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-803, R.C.M. 1947; (4)En. Sec. 2893, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5345, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7859, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2183; re-en. Sec. 7859, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-804, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 8-801, 8-802, 8-803, 8-804; amd. Sec. 2008, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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