§ 62-321. Penalty for nondelivery of intrastate telegraph message. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 62‑321.  Penaltyfor nondelivery of intrastate telegraph message.

Any telegraph company doing business in this State that shall fail totransmit and deliver any intrastate message within a reasonable time shallforfeit and pay to anyone who may sue for same a penalty of twenty‑fivedollars ($25.00). Such penalty shall be in addition to any right of action thatany person may have for the recovery of damages. Proof of the sending of anymessage from one point in this State to another point in this State shall beprima facie evidence that it is an intrastate message. (1919, c. 175; C.S., s. 1704; 1963, c. 1165, s. 1.)