Duty of Common Carriers to Receive Goods

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Public Utilities and Public Transportation
4. Transportation of Freight and Passengers Generally
5. Transportation and Storage of Freight and Livestock
6. Duties and Liabilities of Carriers Generally
7. Duty of Common Carriers to Receive Goods

A person holding himself out to the public as a common carrier is bound to receive all goods offered to him that he is able and accustomed to carry, upon compliance with such reasonable regulations as he may adopt for his own safety and the benefit of the public.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2042; Code 1868, § 2043; Code 1873, § 2069; Code 1882, § 2069; Civil Code 1895, § 2278; Civil Code 1910, § 2729; Code 1933, § 18-301.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 294, 300, 305, 313.

C.J.S.

- 13 C.J.S., Carriers, § 386.

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