A common carrier shall have the duty of transporting and delivering goods safely and without unreasonable delay.
(Laws 1847, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 398; Code 1863, § 2045; Code 1868, § 2047; Code 1873, § 2073; Code 1882, § 2073; Civil Code 1895, § 2282; Civil Code 1910, § 2736; Code 1933, § 18-311.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 13 Am. Jur. 2d, Carriers, §§ 408, 409, 412, 415, 416.
C.J.S.- 13 C.J.S., Carriers, § 454.
ALR.
- Provision in carrier's contract requiring notice of damage or loss, as applicable to loss of market due to delay, 1 A.L.R. 538.
What constitutes delivery of freight to carrier, 22 A.L.R. 970; 113 A.L.R. 1459.
Carrier's liability for delay, or damages incident to delay, in transportation, due to strike, 28 A.L.R. 503; 45 A.L.R. 919.
Demurrage as affected by notice by carrier to consignee, 37 A.L.R. 1334.
Carrier's liability to passenger for failure to keep trains to schedule time, 52 A.L.R. 1332.
Liability of carrier or other bailee because of misinformation as to time or place of arrival or storage of goods, 56 A.L.R. 1382.
Deviation by carrier in transportation of property, 33 A.L.R.2d 145.