Western Union Telegraph Co. v. James

Citations

• 162 U.S. 650
• 16 S. Ct. 934
• 40 L. Ed. 1105
• 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2238

Syllabus

<p>The statute of the State of Georgia of October 22, 1887, requiring every telegraph company with a line of wires, wholly or partly within that State, to receive dispatches, and, on payment of the usual charges, to transmit and deliver them with due diligence, under a penalty of one hundred dollars, is a valid exercise of the power of the State in relation to messages by telegraph from points outside of and directed to some point within the State.</p>