Each overseer of highways is responsible personally for the proper use and care of all implements while in the overseer’s charge, or in use in the overseer’s district, and any overseer of highways, or other person who, through negligence or willfully injures or damages such implements or permits them to be injured, is liable for such damage to the township, in an action to be brought by the chairman of the board of township supervisors in the township or any adjoining township.

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 24-06-05

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, organization, or business trust. See North Dakota Code 24-01-01.1