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Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-729: Telegrapher discriminated against may recover actual and exemplary damages.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 77. Public Utilities and Carriers
- Chapter 9. Railroads and Other Common Carriers
- Article 7. Telegraph and Telephone Companies.
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.
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