Evidence of transmission of telegram in suits against telegraph companies.

Miss. Code Ann. § 77-9-707
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In any suit against a telegraph company for nondelivery or failure to promptly deliver any telegram in this state, the copy of the telegram received and transcribed by such company’s operator at the office of final destination shall be conclusive evidence in the hands of the bona fide addressee of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof, and may be introduced at the trial of such suit as the best evidence of the filing of the original at the receiving office of such telegram by the sender thereof.

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