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O.C.G.A. § 44-12-78 — Keeper of wharf; liability | Georgia Code

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TITLE 44 PROPERTY

Section 12. Rights in Personalty, 44-12-1 through 44-12-322.

ARTICLE 3 BAILMENTS

44-12-78. Keeper of wharf; liability.

One who keeps a wharf is a depository for hire and is liable upon the same principles as a warehouseman.

(Orig. Code 1863, § 2092; Code 1868, § 2087; Code 1873, § 2113; Code 1882, § 2113; Civil Code 1895, § 2931; Civil Code 1910, § 3504; Code 1933, § 12-406.)

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Liability of warehouseman for injury to stored goods as result of failure to maintain proper temperatures, 92 A.L.R.2d 1298.

PART 3 D EPOSITS

RESEARCH REFERENCES

ALR.

- Liability of bailee for loss of or injury to goods kept at a place other than that originally intended, 17 A.L.R. 979.

Acceptance of receptacle as charging one as bailee of contents, 18 A.L.R. 87.

Bank deposit for purpose of meeting certain checks or classes of checks, 39 A.L.R. 1138; 56 A.L.R. 1110; 86 A.L.R. 375.

Liability for loss of contents of safe deposit box, 40 A.L.R. 874; 42 A.L.R. 1304; 133 A.L.R. 279.

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