All common carriers shall handle with care all baggage and freight placed with them for transportation, and they shall be liable in damages for any and all injuries to the baggage or freight of persons from whom they have collected fare or charged freight while the same is under their control. Upon proof of injury to baggage or freight in the possession or under the control of any such carrier, it shall be presumed that the injury was caused by the negligence of the carrier. This section shall not apply to motor carriers of passengers.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-202
Baggage and freight to be carefully handled
1897, c. 46; Rev., s. 2624; C.S., s. 3523; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.
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