Any such telegraph or telephone company, telegraph press association, railroad company or leased wire firm or private individual violating Section 77-9-725, shall be liable in actual and exemplary damages to the person so discriminated against.
Any telegraph or telephone company, telegraph press association, railroad company, or leased wire firm or private individual violating Section 77-9-727, shall be jointly and severally liable in actual and exemplary damages to the party so aggrieved.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 77 - Public Utilities and Carriers
Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers
Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies
§ 77-9-701. Offices of telegraph companies
§ 77-9-707. Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies
§ 77-9-709. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit public messages
§ 77-9-711. Erection of telegraph and telephone lines
§ 77-9-713. Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines
§ 77-9-715. Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines
§ 77-9-717. Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines
§ 77-9-719. Consolidation and merger of telephone lines, exchanges and property authorized
§ 77-9-723. Nothing in preceding sections shall mandate consolidation and merger
§ 77-9-725. Blacklisting of telegraphers because of union affiliation is unlawful
§ 77-9-727. Conspiracy to blacklist telegrapher is unlawful
§ 77-9-729. Telegrapher discriminated against may recover actual and exemplary damages