UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV2240
Frustration of purpose.
[Name of owner] claims that [his] performance under the contract is excused because of the following circumstances:
[Insert description of circumstances which frustrated that purpose.]
To determine if [name of owner] is excused from performance under the contract, you must decide:
(1) the original purpose of the contract contemplated by the parties;
(2) whether the circumstances just described are a supervening event, unforeseen at the time the contract was entered into;
(3) whether the circumstances occurred through no fault of [name of owner]; and
(4) whether the new circumstances have made the purpose of the contract useless.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
- Content hash
62cf4704d2b6408c45fbd5eeeae623fcd46cde8fb8086e747bc0e28a63ee0082
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