Section 231:185 – Restoring Highway.
231:185 Restoring Highway. – Every person and every corporation who shall dig up any highway or public ground for such purpose shall restore the highway or ground to as good condition as it was in before so doing, without unnecessary delay, and shall take all necessary precautions to protect the public from injury by […]
Section 231:186 – Liability for Damages.
231:186 Liability for Damages. – They shall be liable for all damages occasioned to the town or city, or to any person, by an act so done or by any negligence connected therewith. Source. 1854, 1527:1. GS 141:1. 1868, 1:40. GL 155:1. PS 82:2. PL 98:3. RL 114:3. 1945, 188:1, part 25:3. RSA 255:4. […]
Section 231:172 – Cutting Trees.
231:172 Cutting Trees. – I. No licensee shall have the right to cut, prune, or remove any shade or ornamental tree, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining poles or structures or installing wires or other attachments or appurtenances thereto, without obtaining the consent of the owner of the land on which such tree […]
Section 231:173 – Unlicensed.
231:173 Unlicensed. – If any such pole, or structure, or underground conduit or cable, or any attachment or appurtenance thereto, is willfully placed or maintained in any highway without valid license therefor, it shall be removed upon demand by the authority having jurisdiction to issue licenses pursuant to this subdivision at the place where […]
Section 231:174 – No Prescriptive Right.
231:174 No Prescriptive Right. – No enjoyment by a person, copartnership, or corporation for any length of time of the privilege of having or maintaining wires and their supports and appurtenances in, upon, over, or attached to any building or land of other persons, shall create an easement or raise any presumption of a […]
Section 231:175 – To Indemnify Town.
231:175 To Indemnify Town. – The proprietors of every line of wire strung in a highway shall indemnify the town against all damages, costs and expenses to which it may be subjected by reason of any insufficiency or defect in the highway occasioned by the presence of the wires and their supports therein. Source. […]
Section 231:176 – To Party Injured.
231:176 To Party Injured. – Any party receiving injury in his person or estate from any pole, or structure, or underground conduit or cable, or any attachment or appurtenance thereto within the highway limits may maintain an action for damages against the proprietor of the object causing such injury if such injury has been […]
Section 231:177 – Removal of Wires and Poles by the State or Town After Notice.
231:177 Removal of Wires and Poles by the State or Town After Notice. – Poles used by telephone, telegraph or other public utilities including railroads and street railways may be removed after 10 days’ notice in writing of the intention to remove the same has been given by the commissioner of transportation or the […]
Section 231:178 – Service of Notice.
231:178 Service of Notice. – Such notice may be served by any agent of the department of transportation or by the highway agent of any city or town on such utility or any agent or officer thereof. Source. 1945, 188:1, part 24:19. RSA 254:20. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(3).
Section 231:179 – Notice; Contents; Record.
231:179 Notice; Contents; Record. – The notice of removal of any such pole shall designate the location in the highway to which the same shall be removed, and such notice, together with affidavit or acceptance of service thereof, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk of the city or town in which […]