Official Code of Georgia Annotated

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

46-9-43. Measure of damages for delay in delivery of goods by carrier.

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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.

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

Civil Code 1895, § 2319; Civil Code 1910, § 2773; Code 1933, § 18-313.

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History of Code section.: The language of this Code 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).

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