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.
(Civil Code 1895, § 2319; Civil Code 1910, § 2773; Code 1933, § 18-313.)
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- 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.
Measure and elements of damages for loss or delay in delivering baggage of traveling salesman, 25 A.L.R. 76.
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.
Liability of carrier for loss of profits due to failure to deliver or delay in delivering goods to salesman, 42 A.L.R. 711.
Measure of damages for carrier's conversion of goods, 56 A.L.R. 1171.
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.
Wholesale or retail price as measure of damages against carrier for loss of goods, 67 A.L.R. 1427.
Liability of carrier to punitive damages with respect to subject of interstate shipment, 107 A.L.R. 1446.
When carrier put upon notice that delay in transportation or delivery will cause special damages, 166 A.L.R. 1034.
Shipper's misdescription of goods as affecting carrier's liability for loss or damage, 1 A.L.R.3d 736.