2007 California Civil Code Chapter 4. Carriage Of Messages

CA Codes (civ:2161-2162)

2161.  A carrier of messages for reward, other than by telegraph or
telephone, must deliver them at the place to which they are
addressed, or to the person for whom they are intended.  Such
carrier, by telegraph or telephone, must deliver them at such place
and to such person,providedthe place of address, or the person for
whom they are intended, is within a distance of two miles from the
main office of the carrier in the city or town to which the messages
are transmitted, and the carrier is not required, in making the
delivery, to pay on his route toll or ferriage; but for any distance
beyond one mile from such office, compensation may be charged for a
messenger employed by the carrier.



(2162.) Section Twenty-one Hundred and Sixty-two.  A carrier of
messages for reward, must use great care and diligence in the
transmission and delivery of messages.