Missouri Court of Appeals October 26, 1885 (State ex rel. Clinton County v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.)

Ellison, J.

The proof in thifj case, fails to show the crossing at which the failure to ring the bell or sound the whistle occurred, “was a traveled public road.” The statute is penal, and “it should be strictly construed, and so as not to enlarge the liability it imposes, nor allow a recovery, unless the party seeking it, brings his case strictly within the terms or conditions authorizing it.