(220 ILCS 55/6) (from Ch. 134, par. 6)
Sec. 6.
If any company or person owning or operating any telegraph line in
this state shall refuse to receive any dispatch from any other company or
person owning or operating any telegraph line in this state, or shall
refuse or willfully neglect to transmit the same in good faith, and without
partiality, the company or person so offending shall forfeit all rights and
franchises acquired under the laws of this state, and shall forfeit all
right to transact telegraph business in this state, and may be enjoined
therefrom by complaint filed in
the circuit court, and be
liable to pay all damages which shall accrue, by reason of such refusal, to
the company or person offering such dispatch for transmission.
(Source: P.A. 79-1359.)
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