Section 51-1-11 - Damages to bridges

If any person rafting or floating timber or logs in a stream shall permit damage by such logs or timber to be done a bridge built at public expense, he shall be liable therefor; and the damages may be recovered by suit against him, and the timber or logs causing the damage may be seized and sold therefor.Codes, 1892, § 4410; 1906, § 4975; Hemingway's 1917, § 7872; 1930, § 6467; 1942, § 8418.