US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

     237.44 Telegraph line, liability.  

    If any person or corporation owning or operating a 
 telegraph line wholly or partly within the state shall fail to 
 transmit any message within a reasonable time, or to exercise 
 due diligence to that end, after its reception, or shall fail to 
 deliver any message to the party to whom it is addressed within 
 a reasonable time after its arrival at the place of destination, 
 the person or corporation shall be liable in a civil action at 
 the suit of the party injured for all damages sustained by 
 reason of such neglect or omission.  The company delivering the 
 message shall state plainly thereon the exact time when it was 
 received at the original point for transmission. 

    HIST: (7548) RL s 2931; 1986 c 444 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.