Nobles v. H. W. Durham & Co.

The question to be decided is whether under applicable principles of law H. W. Durham & Company, Inc., was a contract carrier under Ga. L. 1931, Ex. Sess., pp. 99, 107, as amended, Ga. L. 1965, p. 257 (Code Ann. § 68-514) and, if so, whether it could transfer its obligations and responsibilities to an unlicensed, alleged independent contractor who contracted to produce and transport pulpwood to the ultimate purchaser of the pulpwood, the purchase, production and transportation of. which was to be governed by the contract between Rayonier, Inc., a pulpwood manufacturer, and H. W. Durham &…