477.7 Mistakes and delays.
The proprietor of a telegraph or telephone line is liable for all mistakes in transmitting or receiving messages made by any person in the proprietor’s employment, or for any unreasonable delay in their transmission or delivery, and for all damages resulting from failure to perform the foregoing or any other duty required by law, the provisions of any contract to the contrary notwithstanding.
[C51, §785; R60, §1353; C73, §1329; C97, §2163; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §8306; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §488.7; C77, 79, 81, §477.7]
Referred to in §477.9A
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 477 - TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONES — CABLE SYSTEMS
Section 477.2 - Removal of lines and cable systems.
Section 477.3 - Construction — installation — damages.
Section 477.5 - Equal facilities — delay.
Section 477.6 - Delay — willful error — revealing contents.
Section 477.7 - Mistakes and delays.
Section 477.8 - Negligence presumed.
Section 477.9 - Presentation of claim.
Section 477.9A - Deregulated services.
Section 477.11 - Facilities to local exchange.
Section 477.12 - Transmission of messages.