UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV2239
Impossibility.
[Name of contractor] claims that [he] is excused from performing the contract because [insert description of circumstances] made the main purpose of the contract impossible to perform. To succeed on this claim, [name of contractor] must prove that:
(1) the main purpose of the contract is no longer possible;
(2) [name of contractor] did not create the events that made the main purpose impossible, and they were beyond [his] control; and
(3) the events that made the main purpose impossible were not reasonably foreseeable by either party at the time the contract was made.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
- Content hash
50f177be31849432ee29e4a73375beac00c8df03d0a297d0715183c1e385b178
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