Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 44. PROPERTY · Chapter 12. RIGHTS IN PERSONALTY · Article 3. BAILMENTS · Part 2. HIRING

44-12-71. Hire of labor or services; standard of care.

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The hire of labor or services is the essence of every bailment in which goods are delivered to another and compensation is paid for the care, attention, or labor bestowed upon them. It includes the contracts of forwarding and commission merchants, factors, keepers of wharves, mechanics, and all agents in such transactions. In all such cases, the bailee is not only bound to exercise skill in the labor and work bestowed but it is a part of his contract that he shall exercise ordinary care and diligence in keeping and protecting the articles entrusted to him.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2075, 2076; Code 1868, §§ 2070, 2071; Code 1873, §§ 2096, 2097; Code 1882, §§ 2096, 2097; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2914, 2915; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3487, 3488; Code 1933, §§ 12-407, 12-408.

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