Telegraph and telephone companies or associations shall be responsible for any damages which any person shall sustain by the erection, continuance, and use of telegraph and telephone lines and the fixtures thereof. In any action for the recovery thereof brought by any owner or possessor of land over or along which such line may run, damages shall be assessed for the permanent continuance of such line and fixtures, and on payment thereof the right to continue and use such line and fixtures shall exist as if by leave and license of the owner of the land.
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-715
Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Marlow, L.L.C. v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. (2012)
Most recently applied in Marlow, L.L.C. v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. (June 2012)
Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 47; 1871, § 2432; 1880, § 1065; 1892, 856; 1906, § 927; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4101; 1930, § 7063; 1942, § 7839.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.