Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. art. 3860 · Title 58. EXPRESS COMPANIES
DECLARED COMMON CARRIERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each person, firm or corporation which shall do the business of an express company, upon railroads or otherwise, in this State, by the carrying of any kind of property, money, papers, packages or other things, are hereby declared to be common carriers, and shall receive, safely carry and promptly deliver at the express office nearest destination every such article as may be tendered to them, and in the carriage of which they are engaged. No such company shall be compelled to carry any gunpowder, dynamite, kerosene, naptha, gasoline, matches or other dangerous or inflammable oils, acids or materials, except under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Railroad Commission. No person, firm or corporation so engaged shall demand or receive for such services other than reasonable compensation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1891, p. 48; G.L. vol. 10, p. 50.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CV/htm/CV.58.0.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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