Citation Numbers: 56 A. 197, 72 N.H. 269
Judges: PARSONS, C. J.
Filed Date: 10/13/1903
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/12/2023
I cannot bring myself to regard the condition of the highway complained of in the present case as a dangerous embankment within the meaning of the statute. This court has held that a dangerous embankment, within the meaning of the statute, is one which reasonably ought to be permanently railed to make the highway safe; that the question is whether, for the repair of the unsuitable condition of the highway, reasonable men would *Page 273
or would not erect a railing, that if the erection of a railing is not the repair reasonably required, — if reasonable men would do something else than erect a secure railing, — it cannot be found that the want of a railing is the cause of injury. Wilder v. Concord, ante, p. 259; Owen v. Derry,
Upon the facts presented, I am of the opinion that the nonsuit was properly ordered.