Any person willfully violating the provisions of Section 39-19-220 shall be subject, in addition to the overcharges, to a penalty of two hundred dollars which shall be for the benefit of the person charged the excessive fee. The sales sheet or bill showing such charges and fees shall be conclusive proof of excessive charges. A complainant where successful shall be allowed court costs and a reasonable attorney's fee to be taxed and collected as a part of the cost of the action. Such action may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the warehouse is located, or in the county where the owner or operator is a resident.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 69-29; 1971 (57) 424.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 19 - Warehouses And Warehousemen Generally
Section 39-19-10. Persons and corporations who must become public warehousemen.
Section 39-19-20. Warehousemen must give bond.
Section 39-19-30. Actions against warehouseman.
Section 39-19-40. Warehouseman must insure property on request.
Section 39-19-50. Damages for use of cotton on storage without consent of owners.
Section 39-19-70. Warehouseman shall keep transactions; inspection.
Section 39-19-210. "Warehouseman" defined.
Section 39-19-220. Maximum rates for handling and selling leaf tobacco; statement of charges.
Section 39-19-230. Warehousemen must keep record of amount of tobacco sold.
Section 39-19-290. Civil penalty for violating maximum rates provision; action to recover penalty.
Section 39-19-410. Declaration of purpose.
Section 39-19-420. "Warehouseman" defined.
Section 39-19-440. Delivery records must be kept by warehouseman or cooperative.
Section 39-19-450. Information ticket or card must be placed on tobacco.
Section 39-19-460. Tickets or cards and tobacco must be open to inspection.
Section 39-19-470. Retention of tickets or cards after sale.
Section 39-19-480. Failure to give true name is a misdemeanor.
Section 39-19-490. Offenses by warehousemen or cooperatives.
Section 39-19-500. Sale of tobacco in name other than that of true owner.