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§ 77-9-703. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal

MS Code § 77-9-703 (2019) (N/A)
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A telegraph or telephone company shall transmit all written messages between points where it may have offices within the state. If the telegraph or telephone company shall receive any message or matter at one of its offices in this state for transmission to a person addressed at a point where it has an office in the state, and shall fail, neglect or refuse without good and sufficient reason to transmit the same in a reasonable time to the office at the place of the person addressed, such person or the person injured shall be entitled to recover of the company in default the sum of fifteen dollars, in addition to damages for any injury. This section shall not apply to offices of telephone and telegraph companies in towns of less than one thousand inhabitants where the telephone or telegraph companies do not employ and control the operator.

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§ 77-9-703. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal