“Express corporation” includes every corporation or person engaged in or transacting the business of transporting any freight, merchandise, or other property for compensation on the line of any common carrier or stage or auto stage line within this State.
Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 219
General Provisions and Definitions
Known as the Public Utilities Act
The act spans §§ 201–2120 (1,026 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 28 Cal. App. 3d 230 - Pacific Motor Transport Co. v. State Board of Equalization (1972)
Most recently applied in Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. v. Ace American Insurance (May 2004)
Enacted by Stats. 1951, Ch. 764.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.