Sec. 289.
False billing of goods to common carrier—Any person offering goods, property or effects to any common carrier within this state for the purpose of transportation shall furnish to such carrier a true description of the goods, property or effects so offered, and any person who shall knowingly offer any goods, property or effects to any common carrier for transportation within this state with a false description of the same, or who shall offer any such goods, property or effects under a false billing, false classification or false weight and thereby procure or attempt to procure the transportation of any such goods, property or effects at a less cost than would be due under a true description, true billing, true classification or true weight, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.289 Former Law: See sections 1 and 2 of Act 253 of 1911, being CL 1915, §§ 8230 and 8231; and CL 1929, §§ 11572 and 11573.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 750 - Michigan Penal Code
Act 328 of 1931 - The Michigan Penal Code (750.1 - 750.568)
328-1931-XLIII - Chapter XLIII Frauds and Cheats (750.271...750.300a)
Section 750.271 - Domestic Corporations; Securities, Fraudulent Issue and Sale.
Section 750.272 - Foreign Corporations; Stock, Fraudulently Issued, Sale.
Section 750.273 - Fraudulently Obtaining Signature; Penalty.
Section 750.274 - Note; Fraudulent Signature; Knowingly Purchasing, Collection.
Section 750.275 - Warranty Deed or Similar Words; Use.
Section 750.276 - Promise to Vendee of Grain to Sell at Fictitious Price; Signature to Note.
Section 750.277 - Promise to Vendee of Grain to Sell at Fictitious Price; Sale and Transfer.
Section 750.278 - Fraudulent Warehouse Receipts; Executing and Delivering.
Section 750.279 - Personal Property; Fraudulent Disposition.
Section 750.280 - Gross Frauds and Cheats at Common Law.
Section 750.281 - Repealed. 1996, Act 212, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1996.
Section 750.283 - Fruits and Vegetables Sold in Closed Package; Fraud Prevention.
Section 750.284 - Genuine Article; Selling Goods Other Than; Marking.
Section 750.285 - Repealed. 2004, Act 452, Eff. Mar. 1, 2005.
Section 750.286 - Repealed. 1964, Act 256, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964.
Section 750.287 - Sterling or Sterling Silver Marked Articles; Fraud in Sale.
Section 750.288 - Coin or Coin Silver; Fraud in Sale of Articles Marked.
Section 750.289 - Common Carrier; False Billing of Goods.
Section 750.290 - Imitation Leather; Boots and Shoes.
Section 750.291 - Boarding House Keepers; Defrauding.
Section 750.292 - Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant, Cafe; Defrauding; Limitation on Proceedings.
Section 750.293 - Hotel, Motel, Inn, Restaurant, Cafe; Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 750.294 - Animals; Fraudulent Registration as Pure-Bred.
Section 750.295 - Milk and Butter Fat Production; Fraudulent Practices.
Section 750.296 - Repealed. 1984, Act 262, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1984.
Section 750.297-750.297d - Repealed. 1966, Act 78, Imd. Eff. June 10, 1966.
Section 750.298 - Medicine; Practicing Under False or Assumed Name.
Section 750.299 - Agricultural Seeds; False Statement.
Section 750.300 - Insurance Company; Killing or Injuring Animals to Defraud.