Any message delivered to a telegraph or telephone company within this State for transmission to any other point within this State shall be as a matter of fact, and regarded as a matter of law, as and for an intrastate transaction and shall be transmitted by such company by the most direct and practical route within this State. Any violation of the provisions of this section by any such corporation shall be subject to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, to be recovered by the party aggrieved and shall forfeit the right of such corporation to do business in the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 58-314; 1952 Code Section 58-314; 1942 Code Sections 8545, 8546; 1932 Code Sections 8545, 8546; Civ. C. '22 Sections 5028, 5029; 1919 (31) 651.