Any person whose duty it is to prevent waste, and who fails to use reasonable and ordinary care to avert the same, shall be held to have committed it.

[C51, §2136; R60, §3718; C73, §3334; C97, §4305; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §12404; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §658.3]

Referred to in §217.13