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The negotiable cow
is the common name of a fictitous legal case known as Inland Revenue v Haddock (heard jointly with R v Haddock) written by the humourist A. P. Herbert for Punch (magazine) as part of his series of Misleading Cases in the Common Law. The case did evolve into something of an urban legend, and periodically assertions are made that it was a true case.
Summary of the "case"
The case involved a Mr Albert Haddock, who was usually the ever unfortunate litigant in Herbert's writings. In relation to this case, Mr Haddock had been in profound disagreement with the Collector of Taxes in relation the size of Mr Haddock's tax bill.
Mr Haddock complained that the sum demanded was excessive, particularly in view of the inadequate Consideration under English law which he believed that he received from that Government in terms of service.This is something of an inside joke for lawyers:
contracts are only legally enforceable if each side provides something of value, which the law refers to as "consideration". However, the argument of Mr Haddock was not good in law, as the court will never assess the adequacy of each sides consideration. Eventually the Collector of Taxes demanded the sum of fifty seven pounds, ten shillings.
One morning shortly thereafter Mr Haddock appeared at the offices of the Collector of Taxes, and delivered to him a large white cow "of malevolent aspect". On the cow was stencilled in red ink:
To the London and Literary Bank, Limited
Pay the Collector of Taxes, who is no gentleman, or Order, the sum of fifty seven pounds (and may he rot!) L 57/10/0
ALBERT HADDOCK
Mr Haddock tendered the cow to the Collector in payment of his tax bill and promptly demanded a receipt.
During the "hearing", the fictitious judge, Sir Basil String, enquired whether stamp duty had been paid on the
negotiable instrument. The fictitious prosecutor, Sir Joshua Hoot
Queen's Counsel confirmed that a two-penny stamp was affixed to the dexter horn of the cow.
The Collector had declined to accept the cow, and had objected that it would be impossible to pay the cow into a bank account. Perhaps unhelpfully, Mr Haddock suggested that the Collector could
endorse the cow to any third party to whom the Collector might owe money, adding mischievously that "there must be many persons in that position".
Sir Joshua gravely informed the court that the Collector did in fact endeavour to endorse the bovine cheque on its back, which was to say, in this case, on the abdomen of the cow. However, Sir Joshua explained: "he cow ... appeared to resent endorsement and adopted a menacing posture."
The Collector then abandoned the attempt, and declined to take the cheque. Mr Haddock then led the cow away and was subsequently arrested in Trafalgar Square for causing an obstruction, leading to the co-joined criminal case,
R v Haddock.
Mr Haddock testified that he had tendered a cheque in payment of income tax. A cheque was only an order to a bank to pay money to the person in possession of the cheque or a person named on the cheque, and there was nothing in statute or customary law to say that that order must be written on a piece of paper of any specified dimensions.
A cheque, Mr Haddock argued, could be written on a piece of notepaper. He testified that he himself had "drawn cheques on the backs of menus, on napkins, on handkerchiefs, on the labels of wine bottles; all these cheques had been duly honoured by his bank and passed through the Bankers’ Clearing House". He thought that there was no distinction in law between a cheque written on a napkin and a cheque written on a cow.
In relation to the criminal prosecution, Mr Haddock said it was a nice thing if in the heart of the commercial capital of the world a man could not convey a negotiable instrument down the street without being arrested.
The judge, being heavily sympathetic to Mr Haddock, found in his favour on both the tax claim and the prosecution for causing a disturbance.
Citations
Although the case itself is fictitious, due to its widespread notoriety (not to say plausibility) it has been referred to in actual judicial decisions. See for example,
Messing v Bank of America (2002) at paragraph 1.
The case was also cited in the House of Lords on 14 July 2004, and appears in
Hansard.
At the time of publication, the now defunct
Memphis Press-Scimitar (formerly published by the
E. W. Scripps Company) is reported to have published an article on the case, mistakenly assuming it to have been factual.See report in Snopes Urban legends and the definition of "chose in action" in this legal dictionary.
Stranger than fiction...
Negotiable instruments and other legal documents have from time to time been scribed onto strange and unusual surfaces. Documented cases provide illustrations of
will (law) being written on the side of empty egg-shells,See
Hodson v Barnes (1926) 43 TLR 71. The will was rejected from probate. and cheques being written on a variety of strange surfaces.A commonly cited example is tax protests in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when taxpayers would print their cheques on rigid boards measuring approximately 3 feet by 1½ feet.
What periodically excites some debate is as to whether the law stated in the "case" is correct. It is true that negotiable instruments by law do not require paper form (and nowadays purely electronic documents are entirely common), and so long as they comply with basic legal requirements (ie. contain an unconditional order to pay, the name of the drawer and drawee, the amount and a signature - see generally
bill of exchange). However, in modern times most taxing statutes prescribe how payment of tax liabilities must be made. Furthermore, banks also usually impose limitations or additional fees in their standard terms and conditions for not using the bank's pre-printed stationery. As such, it now appears unlikely that an irate taxpayer will seek to settle his or her debts with a farmyard animal.
External links
- Excerpt of the article from the Hong Kong lawyer
- Urban legends reference page
- Except from the Texas bar website
Footnotes
The negotiable cow
is the common name of a fictitous legal case known as Inland Revenue v Haddock (heard jointly with R v Haddock) written by the humourist A. P. Herbert for Punch (magazine) as part of his series of Misleading Cases in the Common Law. The case did evolve into something of an urban legend, and periodically assertions are made that it was a true case.
Summary of the "case"
The case involved a Mr Albert Haddock, who was usually the ever unfortunate litigant in Herbert's writings. In relation to this case, Mr Haddock had been in profound disagreement with the Collector of Taxes in relation the size of Mr Haddock's tax bill.
Mr Haddock complained that the sum demanded was excessive, particularly in view of the inadequate Consideration under English law which he believed that he received from that Government in terms of service.This is something of an inside joke for lawyers:
contracts are only legally enforceable if each side provides something of value, which the law refers to as "consideration". However, the argument of Mr Haddock was not good in law, as the court will never assess the adequacy of each sides consideration. Eventually the Collector of Taxes demanded the sum of fifty seven pounds, ten shillings.
One morning shortly thereafter Mr Haddock appeared at the offices of the Collector of Taxes, and delivered to him a large white cow "of malevolent aspect". On the cow was stencilled in red ink:
To the London and Literary Bank, Limited
Pay the Collector of Taxes, who is no gentleman, or Order, the sum of fifty seven pounds (and may he rot!) L 57/10/0
ALBERT HADDOCK
Mr Haddock tendered the cow to the Collector in payment of his tax bill and promptly demanded a receipt.
During the "hearing", the fictitious judge, Sir Basil String, enquired whether
stamp duty had been paid on the negotiable instrument. The fictitious prosecutor, Sir Joshua Hoot
Queen's Counsel confirmed that a two-penny stamp was affixed to the dexter horn of the cow.
The Collector had declined to accept the cow, and had objected that it would be impossible to pay the cow into a bank account. Perhaps unhelpfully, Mr Haddock suggested that the Collector could endorse the cow to any third party to whom the Collector might owe money, adding mischievously that "there must be many persons in that position".
Sir Joshua gravely informed the court that the Collector did in fact endeavour to endorse the bovine cheque on its back, which was to say, in this case, on the abdomen of the cow. However, Sir Joshua explained: "he cow ... appeared to resent endorsement and adopted a menacing posture."
The Collector then abandoned the attempt, and declined to take the cheque. Mr Haddock then led the cow away and was subsequently arrested in
Trafalgar Square for causing an obstruction, leading to the co-joined criminal case,
R v Haddock.
Mr Haddock testified that he had tendered a cheque in payment of income tax. A cheque was only an order to a bank to pay money to the person in possession of the cheque or a person named on the cheque, and there was nothing in statute or customary law to say that that order must be written on a piece of paper of any specified dimensions.
A cheque, Mr Haddock argued, could be written on a piece of notepaper. He testified that he himself had "drawn cheques on the backs of menus, on napkins, on handkerchiefs, on the labels of wine bottles; all these cheques had been duly honoured by his bank and passed through the Bankers’ Clearing House". He thought that there was no distinction in law between a cheque written on a napkin and a cheque written on a cow.
In relation to the criminal prosecution, Mr Haddock said it was a nice thing if in the heart of the commercial capital of the world a man could not convey a negotiable instrument down the street without being arrested.
The judge, being heavily sympathetic to Mr Haddock, found in his favour on both the tax claim and the prosecution for causing a disturbance.
Citations
Although the case itself is fictitious, due to its widespread notoriety (not to say plausibility) it has been referred to in actual judicial decisions. See for example,
Messing v Bank of America (2002) at paragraph 1.
The case was also cited in the
House of Lords on 14 July 2004, and appears in Hansard.
At the time of publication, the now defunct
Memphis Press-Scimitar (formerly published by the E. W. Scripps Company) is reported to have published an article on the case, mistakenly assuming it to have been factual.See report in Snopes Urban legends and the definition of "chose in action" in this legal dictionary.
Stranger than fiction...
Negotiable instruments and other legal documents have from time to time been scribed onto strange and unusual surfaces. Documented cases provide illustrations of will (law) being written on the side of empty egg-shells,See
Hodson v Barnes (1926) 43 TLR 71. The will was rejected from probate. and
cheques being written on a variety of strange surfaces.A commonly cited example is tax protests in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when taxpayers would print their cheques on rigid boards measuring approximately 3 feet by 1½ feet.
What periodically excites some debate is as to whether the law stated in the "case" is correct. It is true that negotiable instruments by law do not require paper form (and nowadays purely electronic documents are entirely common), and so long as they comply with basic legal requirements (ie. contain an unconditional order to pay, the name of the drawer and drawee, the amount and a signature - see generally bill of exchange). However, in modern times most taxing statutes prescribe how payment of tax liabilities must be made. Furthermore, banks also usually impose limitations or additional fees in their standard terms and conditions for not using the bank's pre-printed stationery. As such, it now appears unlikely that an irate taxpayer will seek to settle his or her debts with a farmyard animal.
External links
- Excerpt of the article from the Hong Kong lawyer
- Urban legends reference page
- Except from the Texas bar website
Footnotes
Negotiable cow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The negotiable cow is the common name of a fictitous legal case known as Board of Inland Revenue v Haddock (heard jointly with R v Haddock) written by the humourist A.
"Misleading Cases" The Negotiable Cow (1967)
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