West Virginia § 17-10-18 Action for damages occasioned by defective turnpike, road or bridge, belonging to any company, etc

West Virginia Statutes

§ 17-10-18 — Action for damages occasioned by defective turnpike, road or bridge, belonging to any company, etc

West Virginia § 17-10-18

Ch. 17ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Art. 10COUNTY COURTS; MUNICIPALITIES; GENERAL AUTHORITY AND DUTIES AS TO ROADS, ETC

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W. Va. Code § 17-10-18 (2026).

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Any person who may be injured by reason of a turnpike, road or bridge belonging to any company or person, or to any county in its corporate capacity, being out of repair, may recover all damages sustained by him by reason of such injury, in the manner prescribed in the preceding section, against such company, person or county, or against the lessee for the time being of any such road or bridge. Any judgment against a city, town, village or county under this section may be enforced by the circuit court by writ of mandamus.

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Any person who may be injured by reason of a turnpike, road or bridge belonging to any company or person, or to any county in its corporate capacity, being out of repair, may recover all damages sustained by him by reason of such injury, in the manner prescribed in the preceding section, against such company, person or county, or against the lessee for the time being of any such road or bridge. Any judgment against a city, town, village or county under this section may be enforced by the circuit court by writ of mandamus.