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· 10/7/1971

First & Merchants National Bank v. Murray Oldsmobile Co.

Citations

  • 14 Va. Cir. 407
  • 1971 Va. Cir. LEXIS 28

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “Economic hardship, even to the extent of bankruptcy or insolvency, does not excuse performance.” (emphasis added)
  • “To establish impossibility, the inability to perform must be produced by an unanticipated event that could not have been foreseen or guarded against in the contract.”

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Judges: Compton

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