Bassett v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

The first count in the plaintiff’s petition is for the recovery from the defendant telegraph *567company of the penalty provided by section 2725 of the Revised Statutes of 1889, which reads : “It shall be the duty of every telegraph or telephone company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating any telephone or telegraph line in this state, to provide sufficient facilities at all its offices for the dispatch of the business of the public, to receive dispatches from and for other .telephone or telegraph lines, and from or for any individual, and on payment or tender of their usual charges for…