A. A. A. Highway Express Inc. v. Bone & Hendrix

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The liability of the defendant carrier necessarily depends on the beans having been frozen 'after they were delivered to the carrier in Atlanta and before delivery to the plaintiffs in Columbus. It is only where loss or damage to a shipment of goods by a carrier occurs after the goods have been received by the carrier and before delivery by the carrier to the consignee at the point of destination that there is any presumption of liability by the carrier. Code, § 18-102, reads as follows: “Carriers as such are bound to exercise ordinary diligence. Common…