Section 31-32-8 - Civil liability for violating preceding sections.

31-32-8. Civil liability for violating preceding sections. Any person violating the provisions of § 31-32-6 or 31-32-7, in addition to the judgments authorized by those sections, shall also be liable in a civil action to the township or other public corporation to which such highway or bridge belonged, in such amount as may be recovered against such township or other public corporation on account of the injury or obstruction referred to in such sections.

Source: SL 1917, ch 258, § 2; RC 1919, § 8588; SDC 1939, § 28.9908.