Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845

XCVIIIn default of Payment of Tolls, Goods, &c. may tee detained and sold.

If, on Demand, any Person fail to pay the Tolls due in respect of any Carriage or Goods, it shall be lawful for the Company to detain and sell such Carriage, or all or any Part of such Goods, or, if the same shall have been removed from the Premises of the Company, to detain and sell any other Carriages or Goods, within such Premises belonging to the Party liable to pay such Tolls, and out of the Monies arising from such Sale to retain the Tolls payable as aforesaid, and all Charges and Expenses of such Detention and Sale, rendering the Overplus, if any, of the Monies arising by such Sale, and such of the Carriages or Goods as shall remain unsold, to the Person entitled thereto, or it shall be lawful for the Company to recover any such Tolls by Action at Law.