N.D. Cent. Code § 8-09-05
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8-09-05. Delivery of freight beyond usual route - Carrier exonerated
Official statutory text
8-09-05. Delivery of freight beyond usual route - Carrier exonerated
If a common carrier accepts freight for a place beyond the common carrier's usual route, the
common carrier, unless the common carrier stipulates otherwise, shall deliver it at the end of the
common carrier's route in that direction to some other competent carrier carrying to the place of
address or connected with those who thus carry, and the common carrier's liability ceases upon
making such delivery.
If a common carrier accepts freight for a place beyond the common carrier's usual route, the
common carrier, unless the common carrier stipulates otherwise, shall deliver it at the end of the
common carrier's route in that direction to some other competent carrier carrying to the place of
address or connected with those who thus carry, and the common carrier's liability ceases upon
making such delivery.
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