A common carrier shall have the duty of transporting and delivering goods safely and without unreasonable delay.
History. Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 398; Code 1863, § 2045; Code 1868, § 2047; Code 1873, § 2073; Code 1882, § 2073; Civil Code 1895, § 2282; Civil Code 1910, § 2736; Code 1933, § 18-311.
Structure Georgia Code
Title 46 - Public Utilities and Public Transportation
Chapter 9 - Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally
Article 3 - Transportation and Storage of Freight and Livestock
Part 1 - Duties and Liabilities of Carriers Generally
§ 46-9-40. Duty of Common Carriers to Receive Goods
§ 46-9-42. Effect of Strike by Carrier’s Employees on Carrier’s Duty to Transport Goods
§ 46-9-43. Measure of Damages for Delay in Delivery of Goods by Carrier
§ 46-9-44. Estoppel of Carrier to Dispute Title to Goods Delivered to Him for Shipment
§ 46-9-45. Commencement and Termination of Carrier’s Responsibility for Goods
§ 46-9-46. Effect of Delivery to Consignee at Intermediate Point
§ 46-9-47. Fraud on Carrier as to Nature and Value of Goods
§ 46-9-50. Weighing of Railroad Cars by Certified Public Weighers; Manner of Weighing Cars
§ 46-9-52. Unjust Discrimination in Freight-Transportation Rates by Common Carriers Generally
§ 46-9-53. Discrimination by Railroad Companies in Applying Freight-Storage Charges
§ 46-9-54. Making and Retaining Freight-Storage Charges in Accordance With Rates Fixed by Commission
§ 46-9-56. False Billing, False Weighing, or False Report of Weight by Common Carriers