Lloyd v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• lease of premises for automobile dealership for 4 months before federal prohibition of sale of new automobiles
• lessee's obligation continues where risk of war and consequent limitation made business unprofitable but not impossible
• “Thus laws or other governmental acts that make performance unprofitable or more difficult or expensive do not excuse the duty to perform a contractual obligation.”
• “[A]n unanticipated circumstance, the risk of which should not be fairly thrown on the promisor, has made performance vitally different from what was reasonably to be expected.”
• decrease in expected value of lease due to World War II regulations
• decrease in expected value of lease due to World War II regulations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).