Territorial extent of telegraph company’s duty to deliver dispatches and messages

Telegraph companies shall deliver all dispatches or messages to the persons to whom the same are addressed or to their agents, on payment of any charges due for the same, provided that such persons or agents reside within the city in which the station is located or, if the station is not located in a city, within one mile of the station. (Ga. L. 1908, p. 94, § 2; Civil Code 1910, § 2813; Code 1933, § 104-207; Code 1981, § 46-5-146; Code 1981, § 46-5-148, enacted by Ga. L. 1983, p. 859, § 1.)