Sec. 539.
Divulging contents of messages—Any person connected with a telegraph, telephone or
messenger company, incorporated or unincorporated, operating a line of telegraph or
telephone, or engaged in the business of receiving and delivering messages in this state, in any
capacity, who wilfully divulges the contents or the nature of the contents of a communication
entrusted to him for transmission or delivery, or who wilfully refuses or neglects to transmit or
deliver the same, or who wilfully delays the transmission or delivery of the same, or who
wilfully forges the name of the receiver to any receipt for any such message or communication
or article of value entrusted to him by such company, with a view to injure, deceive or defraud
the sender or intended receiver thereof, or any such telephone, telegraph or messenger
company or to benefit himself or any other person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.§ 750.539Divulging contents of messages
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