Felling trees on telephone and electric-power wires

North Carolina General Statutes

Section: 14-157

Jurisdiction: NC

Bluebook Citation: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-157

If any person shall negligently and carelessly cut or fell any tree, or any limb or branch therefrom, in such a manner as to cause the same to fall upon and across any telephone, electric light or electric-power-transmission wire, from which any injury to such wire shall be occasioned, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, and shall also be liable to penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each and every offense.

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