Batchelder v. Boston & Maine Railroad

The plaintiff cannot complain of the defendants^ failure to perform the duties imposed on them by section 6, chapter 159, Public Statutes, for they were imposed on the defendants for the benefit of travelers on the highway and not for the benefit of persons traveling on their right of way. Hill v. Railroad, 67 N. H. 419; Casista v. Railroad, 69 N. H. 649; Smith v. Railroad, 70 N. H. 53, 83; Gahagan v. Railroad, 70 N. H. 441; Roden v. Railway, 133 Ill. 72.

When the plaintiff was injured she was either a licensee or a. trespasser; that is, she was either rightfully or wrongfully using the…