Felbinger & Co. v. Traiforos

How courts have described this case

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• finding that if a party has knowledge that subsequent circumstances could render a contract impossible to perform, the doctrine of impossibility is not available
• finding that if a party has knowledge that subsequent circumstances could render a contract impossible to perform, the doctrine of impossibility is not available
• construing the doctrine of impossibility, out of which the doctrine of frustration evolved, and holding that a “duty will not be discharged by judicial action if there are circumstances showing a contrary intention or contributing fault on the part of the person subject to the duty”
• term susceptible of two meanings is ambiguous

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).