Effective - 28 Aug 1939
231.260. Contractor liable on bond for damages — when. — Any contractor who shall willfully fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail or neglect to keep any road under his care in good repair, or shall in any manner fail to faithfully perform or discharge any of his duties according to the terms of his contract, or shall willfully fail or refuse after five days' notice to repair any bridge or culvert which under the terms of the contract it is his duty to repair, shall be held responsible upon his said bond for any and all damages which occur to persons or property by reason of such failure; provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the contractor from pleading as a defense for such failure to perform his work in the time specified in the contract that same was caused by unusual weather and that with due care and diligence he could not have avoided such delay.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8829)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8169; 1919 § 10930; 1909 § 11778
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIV - Roads and Waterways
Chapter 231 - Maintenance of Public Roads
Section 231.010 - County commissions to divide counties into road districts.
Section 231.020 - Road overseers to be appointed — when.
Section 231.030 - Overseer to give bond — approved by county commission.
Section 231.040 - Copies of road laws to be furnished county commission.
Section 231.050 - Overseer to make monthly statement — file with county clerk.
Section 231.060 - Overseer to make annual report and settlement.
Section 231.070 - Overseer to keep roads in repair — to conform to specifications of engineer.
Section 231.080 - Highway engineer or overseer to contract for ditching and draining, when.
Section 231.100 - Officials authorized to make settlement for damages.
Section 231.110 - County commission in counties of second class to set aside land for shade trees.
Section 231.120 - County commission may construct footpaths, when.
Section 231.130 - Overseer to care for trees.
Section 231.150 - Road laws — how applied.
Section 231.170 - Overseer — qualifications — compensation.
Section 231.180 - Overseer — bond.
Section 231.190 - Overseer shall make reports, when.
Section 231.200 - Overseer — employees — material.
Section 231.210 - Duties of road overseer.
Section 231.220 - Bridges — repairs — bids — notice — contract.
Section 231.230 - Bridges costing more than forty-five hundred dollars, how built.
Section 231.240 - Contract system — how adopted — publication.
Section 231.260 - Contractor liable on bond for damages — when.
Section 231.270 - May abolish contract system of working roads — how.
Section 231.280 - Clerk to make itemized statement — publication — filing of certain copies.
Section 231.290 - County clerk to furnish forms.
Section 231.300 - County commission may appropriate money, when.
Section 231.310 - Highway engineer to make surveys, when — report.
Section 231.320 - Prosecuting attorney to prosecute actions.
Section 231.330 - Violations — penalty.
Section 231.340 - Streets and alleys in unincorporated towns, under control of county commission.
Section 231.350 - Road overseer's duties.
Section 231.370 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.
Section 231.380 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.
Section 231.390 - Special tax bills, how issued.
Section 231.410 - Contracts to be let by county commission — when — how.
Section 231.420 - Cost, how apportioned, assessed and collected.
Section 231.430 - Special tax bills, how issued.
Section 231.441 - County receipts from county aid road trust fund, how expended — when distributed.
Section 231.450 - Funds may be appropriated for local purposes.