Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 45:786

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Suits for damages against telegraph companies arising from any error in the transmission of the message, delay in delivery or the failure to deliver the message, may be brought at any time within one year from the date of the act complained of, if notice to the company of the claim is presented in writing within four months after the telegram is filed for transmission.