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Statutes > Florida > TitleXXVII > Chapter363 > 363_08363.08 Cipher messages.
Persons engaged in the business of transmitting telegrams into or out of this state, or from one point to another point within this state, shall be liable in damages to the sender and addressee, jointly or severally, of any telegram in cipher received for transmission into or out of this state, or from one point to another point within this state, for damages resulting from the negligent failure of such person to promptly transmit and deliver any such telegram in cipher, in the same manner and to the same extent as if such telegram was not in cipher; provided, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to telegrams relating to sickness or death.
History. s. 3, ch. 6522, 1913; RGS 4390; CGL 6354.
