1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 69
  3. CHAPTER 11
  4. Part 1
  5. 69-11-101 Definitions

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 69. PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

CHAPTER 11. REGULATION OF CARRIERS

Part 1. General Provisions

Definitions

69-11-101. Definitions. (1) A person who offers to the public to carry persons, property, or messages, excepting only telegraphic or telephonic messages, is a "common carrier" of whatever the person offers to carry.

(2) The "contract of carriage" is a contract for the conveyance of property, persons, or messages from one place to another.

History: (1)En. Sec. 2870, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5332, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7846, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2168; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 1134; re-en. Sec. 7846, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-701, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 2770, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5296, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7811, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2085; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1085; re-en. Sec. 7811, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 8-401, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 8-401, 8-701; amd. Sec. 1997, Ch. 56, L. 2009.