Section 77-9-715 - Liability for damages caused by erection, continuance and use of lines

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.Codes, 1857, ch. 35, art. 47; 1871, § 2432; 1880, § 1065; 1892, 856; 1906, § 927; Hemingway's 1917, § 4101; 1930, § 7063; 1942, § 7839.