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Title 55 - MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLESChapter 7 - SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 55-7-106 - Liability for damages to highways - Suit by district attorney general

Tenn. Code § 55-7-106

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Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 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 §§ 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.

T.C.A. § 55-7-106

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.