N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-321

Current through Session Law 2024-53
Section 62-321 - Penalty for nondelivery of intrastate telegraph message

Any telegraph company doing business in this State that shall fail to transmit and deliver any intrastate message within a reasonable time shall forfeit and pay to anyone who may sue for same a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Such penalty shall be in addition to any right of action that any person may have for the recovery of damages. Proof of the sending of any message from one point in this State to another point in this State shall be prima facie evidence that it is an intrastate message.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 62-321

1919, c. 175; C.S., s. 1704; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.