Landmark case · Law of Contract – I · Semester 1

Taylor v. Caldwell

(1863) 3 B & S 826 · Queen's Bench

Destruction of the subject-matter without fault discharges both parties.

From topic

Frustration, breach and anticipatory breach — Unit III, Law of Contract – I.

Related sections:

Indian Contract Act, 1872, 39 — Refusal to perform wholly
Indian Contract Act, 1872, 56 — Agreement to do impossible act; frustration