Pierce v. Boston & Maine Railroad

It was a statutory duty of the defendant “to provide suitable crossings” over its tracks “for the accommodation of the public.” P. S., c. 159, s. 1; P. L., c. 249, s. 1. “A bridge carrying highway travel over a railroad is a crossing, within the meaning of this statute.” Laconia v. Railroad, 81 N. H. 408, 409; Concord v. Railroad, 69 N. H. 87. Such structures are regarded in law not as parts of the highways but parts of the railroad, which it is “bound to keep in repair suitable for the public travel thereon.” Laconia v. Railroad, supra, 411; Worcester &c. Railroad v. Nashua, 63 N. H. 593,…