Oyarzo v. Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

In common parlance, Kevin Oyarzo, the appellant, might be referred to as a dairy farmer. When a dairy farmer provides services such as boarding and milking a herd of dairy cows owned by others, he acts as an agister and provides agistment services. The term “agister” is defined in Black’s Law Dictionary (8th ed.2004) at 73 as: “One who takes and pastures grazing animals for a fee; a person engaged in the business of agistment. An agister is a type of bailee for hire. Also spelled agistor.” Similarly, “agistment” is defined as: “A type of bailment in which a person, for a fee, allows animals…