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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-12-40. “Bailment” defined.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-12-40. “Bailment” defined.

A bailment is a delivery of goods or property upon a contract, express or implied, to carry out the execution of a special object beneficial either to the bailor or bailee or both and to dispose of the property in conformity with the purpose of the trust.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2031; Code 1868, § 2032; Code 1873, § 2058; Code 1882, § 2058; Civil Code 1895, § 2894; Civil Code 1910, § 3467; Code 1933, § 12-101.

## Law Reviews

For comment on Goodyear Clearwater Mills v. Wheeler, 77 Ga. App. 570, 49 S.E.2d 184 (1948), see 11 Ga. B.J. 229 (1948).