Telegraph and telephone companies, for the purpose of constructing new lines, are empowered to exercise the right of eminent domain, as provided in Chapter 27 of Title 11, Mississippi Code of 1972.
Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-717
Exercise of eminent domain for construction of new lines
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case American Tel. & Tel. Co. v. Purcell Co., Inc. (1990)
Most recently applied in Marlow, L.L.C. v. Bellsouth Telecommunications, Inc. (June 2012)
Codes, 1892, § 858; 1906, § 929; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4103; 1930, § 7065; 1942, § 7841.
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.