Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 484. Telephone, Telegraph and Radio § 484.252

Sec. 2. It shall likewise be the duty of every such telegraph company to transmit all such dispatches in the order in which they are received. In case such telegraph company shall refuse or neglect to so transmit such dispatches, such telegraph company shall be liable for all damages sustained by any person or persons whose dispatch is postponed or delayed out of its order as herein prescribed, to be recovered as in the foregoing section: Provided, however, That arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers of newspapers for the transmission, for the purpose of publication of intelligence of general and public interest, out of its regular order.