If the master or commander of any steamboat shall land at the platform or known landing place of any public ferry, and shall intentionally obstruct the passage of any ferryboat, or moor or unload against, over or upon the same, without the consent of the owner of such ferry, such master or owner of such steamboat shall forfeit and pay to the legal possessor of such ferry landing fifty dollars for each offense, to be recovered by civil action before an associate circuit judge, and shall be liable to an action for damages, to be recovered before any court having competent jurisdiction.

(RSMo 1939 § 15308)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 14220; 1919 § 5554; 1909 § 6497