Road Trip! A Look at the Places and Personalities Made Famous by Sherwood v. Walker

Society Update, Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Summer 2009

4 Pages Posted: 5 Mar 2011 Last revised: 7 Mar 2011

Date Written: 2009

Abstract

This presentation at the Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society’s 2009 annual luncheon highlights the parties and locations involved in Sherwood v. Walker (1887), the state’s most celebrated Contracts case. Dealing with the law of mutual mistake, the case has itself been the subject of several erroneous beliefs. Nevertheless, it remains one of the great contributions to Contracts jurisprudence and law-school lore. Includes pictures of the parties and the historical marker erected by the State Bar of Michigan.

Keywords: Contract law, classic cases, mutual mistake, contract rescission, legal education

Suggested Citation

Stockmeyer, Norman Otto, Road Trip! A Look at the Places and Personalities Made Famous by Sherwood v. Walker (2009). Society Update, Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society, Summer 2009, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1777186

Norman Otto Stockmeyer (Contact Author)

Cooley Law School ( email )

300 S. Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.cooley.edu/faculty/norman-stockmeyer

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