Mississippi Code
Chapter 9 - Railroads and Other Common Carriers
Article 7 - Telegraph and Telephone Companies

§ 77-9-701. Offices of telegraph companies - Every telegraph company shall establish and maintain offices for the...

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

§ 77-9-705. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to deliver messages; penalty for failure, neglect or refusal - A telegraph or telephone company shall deliver all messages addressed...

§ 77-9-707. Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies - In any suit against a telegraph company for nondelivery or...

§ 77-9-709. Duty of telegraph and telephone companies to transmit public messages - Telegraph or telephone companies or associations shall be bound, on...

§ 77-9-711. Erection of telegraph and telephone lines - All companies or associations of persons incorporated or organized for...

§ 77-9-713. Local authorities may regulate construction and maintenance of lines - The board of supervisors of any county, and the governing...

§ 77-9-715. Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines - Telegraph and telephone companies or associations shall be responsible for...

§ 77-9-717. Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines - Telegraph and telephone companies, for the purpose of constructing new...

§ 77-9-719. Consolidation and merger of telephone lines, exchanges and property authorized - All telephone lines, exchanges and properties in any county of...

§ 77-9-721. Local authorities, public service commission, and attorney-general must consent to consolidation and merger - The consolidation and merger of the said telephone properties in...

§ 77-9-723. Nothing in preceding sections shall mandate consolidation and merger - Nothing in Sections 77-9-719 and 77-9-721, shall be construed so...

§ 77-9-725. Blacklisting of telegraphers because of union affiliation is unlawful - It shall be unlawful for any telegraph company, telephone company,...

§ 77-9-727. Conspiracy to blacklist telegrapher is unlawful - It shall be unlawful for any two or more such...

§ 77-9-729. Telegrapher discriminated against may recover actual and exemplary damages - Any such telegraph or telephone company, telegraph press association, railroad...