Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Leverette

1. Upon the arrival of freight at the point of destination within the usual time required for transportation, the carrier may, in the absence of any custom of the trade as to delivery, immediately store the same in a place of safety and hold it as a warehouseman, and not as a carrier, until its delivery to the consignee. Civil Code (1910), § 2730; Southwestern R. Co. v. Felder, 46 Ga. 433; Western & Atlantic R. Co. v. Camp, 53 Ga. 596; Almond v. Georgia R. Co., 95 Ga. 775 (22 S. E. 674); Georgia & Alabama Ry. v. Pound, 111 Ga. 6 (36 S. E. 312); Kight v. Wrightsville & Tennille R. Co., 127 Ga.…