The responsibility of a carrier shall commence with the delivery of the goods to him or to his agent or at the place where the carrier is accustomed or agrees to receive them. The carrier's responsibility shall cease with the delivery of the goods at destination according to the direction of the person sending the goods or according to the custom of the trade.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2043; Code 1868, § 2044; Code 1873, § 2070; Code 1882, § 2070; Civil Code 1895, § 2279; Civil Code 1910, § 2730; Code 1933, § 18-306.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
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- Duty of carrier to deliver goods on siding or private track of consignee, 1 A.L.R. 1425.
Carrier: delivery of goods to one whose authority to act for consignee has ceased, 2 A.L.R. 279.
Rights and duties of carrier and consignee as to freight unloaded from cars and left on right of way, 38 A.L.R. 676.
Carrier's employees as agents of shipper or consignee in unloading or caring for livestock at destination, 62 A.L.R. 525.
What constitutes delivery of freight to carrier, 113 A.L.R. 1459.
Consignee's refusal to accept delivery at place specified in the contract, or carrier's inability to make delivery at that place, as terminating liability as carrier, 149 A.L.R. 1118.
Initial carrier's liability as that of carrier or of warehouseman in respect of goods while in its warehouse awaiting delivery to connecting carrier, 172 A.L.R. 802.
Shipper's misdescription of goods as affecting carrier's liability for loss or damage, 1 A.L.R.3d 736.
Liability of carrier by land for damage to goods resulting from improper packing by carrier, 7 A.L.R.3d 723.
Liability of carrier for delivering goods sent C.O.D. without receiving cash payment, 27 A.L.R.3d 1320.