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Call Now: 904-383-7448The hire of labor or services is the essence of every bailment in which goods are delivered to another and compensation is paid for the care, attention, or labor bestowed upon them. It includes the contracts of forwarding and commission merchants, factors, keepers of wharves, mechanics, and all agents in such transactions. In all such cases, the bailee is not only bound to exercise skill in the labor and work bestowed but it is a part of his contract that he shall exercise ordinary care and diligence in keeping and protecting the articles entrusted to him.
(Orig. Code 1863, §§ 2075, 2076; Code 1868, §§ 2070, 2071; Code 1873, §§ 2096, 2097; Code 1882, §§ 2096, 2097; Civil Code 1895, §§ 2914, 2915; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3487, 3488; Code 1933, §§ 12-407, 12-408.)
Cited in Miller v. Ben H. Fletcher Co., 142 Ga. 668, 83 S.E. 521 (1914); Chatham Abattoir & Packing Co. v. Painter Eng'r Co., 28 Ga. App. 788, 113 S.E. 94 (1922); Layton v. Central of Ga. Ry., 40 Ga. App. 330, 149 S.E. 431 (1929); Haynie v. A & H Camper Sales, Inc., 233 Ga. 654, 212 S.E.2d 825 (1975); Turner v. Jackson, 157 Ga. App. 31, 276 S.E.2d 92 (1981).
- 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, §§ 158, 179, 189.
- 8 C.J.S., Bailments, §§ 46 et seq., 75.
- Liability of bailee for loss of or injury to goods kept at a place other than that originally intended, 12 A.L.R. 1322; 17 A.L.R. 979.
Liability of a bailee of money who commingles it with his own funds, 20 A.L.R. 378.
Duty and liability of gratuitous bailee or mandatory, 96 A.L.R. 909.
Liability of owner of motor vehicle for negligence of garageman or mechanic, 8 A.L.R.4th 265.
Liability of warehouseman or other bailee for loss of goods stored at other than agreed-upon place, 76 A.L.R.4th 883.
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