Town of Sumner v. Illinois Central R. R. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “The failure to perform a promise, the performance of which is a condition, entitles the other party to the contract to a rescission thereof.”
• “Where contractual promises are mutual and dependent, the failure of one party to perform authorizes the other to rescind the contract. The failure to perform a promise, the performance of which is a condition, entitles the other party to the contract to a rescission thereof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).