Abstract
This paper explores the curious story behind the “Case of the Barren Cow,” a part of Michigan history that is known to every American lawyer and law student, and almost nobody else. It features Theodore Sherwood, a Plymouth banker who became Michigan’s first banking commissioner, and Hiram Walker, a Detroiter who made a fortune with Canadian Club whiskey and became known as the “Henry Ford of Canada” for his many innovations. Their epic 1886 lawsuit over a cow – “Rose 2d of Aberlone” – broke new legal ground and is still studied today in virtually every American law school. [Includes photographs.]
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