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Wis JI-Civil 3061

Impossibility: Original

activein force · 1993-01-01 – presentas-observed

If performance of a promise is impossible because of a state of facts existing when the

contract was made and the promisor had no knowledge or reason to know of such facts, there

is no duty to perform.

History

Wis JI-Civil 3061 (1993). ©1993, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.

Provenance

Source: wilawlibrary.gov
Retrieved: 2026-09-24
Edition: 2026-09-24
Content hash: 6eab976fba3be4bea3450be0846996a1073d66e4b3ca5285feacd31155eadda6

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