Any officer of a railroad corporation who wilfully gives a certificate, or wilfully makes an official report, or gives public notice, or makes an entry in any of the records or books of the corporation concerning the corporation or its business, which is false in any material representation, shall be liable for all the damages resulting therefrom, to any person injured thereby; and if two or more officers unite or participate in the commission of any of the acts herein designated, they shall be jointly and severally liable for such damages.
History: Laws 1878, ch. 1, ch. [tit.] 3, § 12; C.L. 1884, § 2664; C.L. 1897, § 3826; Code 1915, § 4684; C.S. 1929, § 116-132; 1941 Comp., § 74-142; 1953 Comp., § 69-1-42.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.