Basic Assumption (A Poem Based on Sherwood v. Walker)

Garfield, Alan

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Basic Assumption (A Poem Based on Sherwood v. Walker)

Alan E. Garfield

Widener University - School of Law

January 1, 2004

Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 57, 2004

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I’ll tell you how a man with a cow had a cow because his cow had a cow. A poem based on Sherwood v. Walker, the famous “barren cow” case that is a staple of first-year Contracts and a foundation for the doctrine of mutual mistake.

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Keywords: contracts, mutual mistake, poetry, humor, Sherwood v. Walker

JEL Classification: K12

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Date posted: April 20, 2010

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Garfield, Alan E., Basic Assumption (A Poem Based on Sherwood v. Walker) (January 1, 2004). Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 57, 2004. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1593307

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