Section 62-701 – RIGHT TO USE HIGHWAYS.
62-701. RIGHT TO USE HIGHWAYS. Telephone corporations may construct or install telephone lines along, beneath the surface of or upon any public road or highway, or along, beneath the surface of, or across any of the waters or lands within this state, and may erect or install poles, posts, piers or abutments for supporting the […]
Section 62-701A – AUTHORITY PRESERVED.
62-701A. AUTHORITY PRESERVED. (1) As used in this section, "public rights-of-way" shall mean the surface, the air space above the surface, and the area below the surface of any public street, highway, lane, path, alley, sidewalk, boulevard, drive, bridge, tunnel, park, parkway, waterway, easement, leasehold interest, or similar property which, consistent with the purposes for […]
Section 62-702 – INJURY TO COMPANY’S PROPERTY.
62-702. INJURY TO COMPANY’S PROPERTY. Any person who injures or destroys, through want of proper care, any necessary or useful fixture of any telegraph or telephone corporation, is liable to the corporation for all damages sustained thereby. History: [(62-702) R.S., sec. 2701; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2834; C.S., sec. 4833; I.C.A., sec. 60-702.]
Section 62-703 – PENALTY FOR MALICIOUS INJURY.
62-703. PENALTY FOR MALICIOUS INJURY. Any person who wilfully or maliciously does any injury to any telegraph or telephone property mentioned in the preceding section, is liable to the corporation for 100 times the amount of actual damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction. History: [(62-703) R.S., sec. 2702; reen. […]
Section 62-704 – TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES.
62-704. TRANSFER OF RIGHTS AND FRANCHISES. Any telegraph or telephone corporation may, at any time, with the consent of the persons holding two-thirds of the issued stock of the corporation, sell, lease, assign, transfer or convey any rights, privileges, franchises or property of the corporation, except its corporate franchise. History: [(62-704) R.S., sec. 2703; reen. […]
Section 62-705 – RIGHTS OF WAY FOR ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF.
62-705. RIGHTS OF WAY FOR ELECTRIC POWER COMPANIES AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR ANY AGENCY THEREOF. Any person, company or corporation incorporated or that may hereinafter be incorporated under the laws of this state or of any state or territory of the United States, and doing business in this state, the United States […]
Section 62-801 – REFUSAL TO ACCEPT MESSAGES UNLAWFUL.
62-801. REFUSAL TO ACCEPT MESSAGES UNLAWFUL. It shall be unlawful for any telegraph or telephone company or any person in charge of such telegraph or telephone service, or operating or controlling any public telegraph or telephone system or office within this state, in whole or in part, or any employee thereof, to fail or refuse […]
Section 62-802 – TELEGRAPH OFFICES MUST CONNECT WITH TELEPHONE.
62-802. TELEGRAPH OFFICES MUST CONNECT WITH TELEPHONE. All telegraph offices or stations from which messages are transmitted, or at which messages are received for transmission shall be equipped with proper telephone connections in order that messages and communications may be expeditiously transferred from telegraph to telephone lines or from telephone to telegraph lines when such […]
Section 62-803 – MESSAGES MUST BE WIRED WHEN POSSIBLE.
62-803. MESSAGES MUST BE WIRED WHEN POSSIBLE. It is the purpose of this chapter, among other things, to require cooperation on the part of telegraph and telephone companies in the transmission of messages and communications to or from any place where the use of both means of communication is necessary or desirable and where such […]
Section 62-804 – LAW CUMULATIVE.
62-804. LAW CUMULATIVE. This chapter shall be cumulative only, and is intended as affording additional remedy not now provided by law. History: [(62-804) 1911, ch. 222, sec. 3, p. 704; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 2837d; C.S., sec. 4840; I.C.A., sec. 60-804.]