{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-17-1950","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 58-17-1950","heading":"Charge of unreasonable rates shall constitute extortion.","body":"If any railroad corporation organized or doing business in this State shall charge, collect, demand or receive more than a fair and reasonable rate of toll or compensation for transportation of passengers or freight of any description or for the use and transportation of any railroad car upon its tracks or any of its branches or upon any railroad within this State which it has the right, license or permission to use, operate or control, it shall be guilty of extortion and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in a sum not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.","path":["Title 58 - PUBLIC UTILITIES, SERVICES AND CARRIERS","CHAPTER 17 The General Railroad Law","ARTICLE 15 Rates and Charges; Routes"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t58c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:56:34Z","sha256":"7ee553b50f0bb80f41bc2917c2b26561c52b8a3adf4d318913136dcf3693efcb","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-17-1940","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-58-17-1960"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}