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.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 2319; Civil Code 1910, § 2773; Code 1933, § 18-313.
History of Code section.
The language of this 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).