55-7-106 - Liability for damages to highways Suit by district attorney general. - Tennessee Statutes

55-7-106. Liability for damages to highways Suit by district attorney general.

The owner of any vehicle driven upon the public thoroughfare, in violation of any of the provisions of §§ 55-7-101 55-7-105, or regulations issued thereunder, shall also be liable in an action for damages caused to these public thoroughfares, the action to be prosecuted in the name of the state by the district attorney general of the district in which the violation occurs.

[Acts 1921, ch. 177, § 4; Acts 1925, ch. 130, § 5; Shan. Supp., § 1616a7; Code 1932, § 2708; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 2708; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 59-1106, 59-11-106.]