If a carrier fails to deliver goods within a reasonable time, the measure of damages is the difference between the market value at the time and place they should have been delivered and the market value at the time of actual delivery.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 2319; Civil Code 1910, § 2773; Code 1933, § 18-313.
History of Code section.
The language of this section is derived in part from the decisions in Columbus & W. Ry. v. Flournoy & Epping, 75 Ga. 745 (1885); Atlanta & W.P.R.R. v. Texas Grate Co., 81 Ga. 602 , 9 S.E. 600 (1888); and East Tenn., V. & Ga. Ry. v. Johnson & Shahan, 85 Ga. 497 , 11 S.E. 809 (1890).
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