Cochrane v. Mayor of Frostburg

The appellant sued the appellee for injuries sustained by her being horned, tossed, thrown down and trampled upon by a cow, which attacked her while she was walking along a lane or street of Frostburg. The defendant demurred to the declaration, and the demurrer was sustained by the Court below and judgment entered for the defendant. From that judgment this appeal was taken, and we are therefore to inquire into the legal sufficiency of the declaration and determine whether the facts therein stated, which are admitted by the demurrer, give the plaintiff a right of action.

It is alleged that the…