Burch v. Lowary

Bishop, J.—

The defendant is a married woman, and, at the time in question, resided with her husband and family on a farm; the legal title to which stood in her name. Two dogs were kept on the farm, and as plaintiff was driving by on the public road said dogs ran out, and, by their barking, frightened her horses, causing them to run away. As the horses ran, the buggy was tipped over and, plaintiff being thereby thrown to the ground, she sustained the injuries of which she complains.

The trial was proceeded with on the theory that the case came within the statute of this state (Code, section…