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S, a singer, enters into a contract with W, the owner of a theatre to sing at his theatre on Monday and…

Where the theatre essential to performance is destroyed by an earthquake, performance becomes impossible through no fault of either party, so under Section 56 of the Indian…

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S, a singer, enters into a contract with W, the owner of a theatre to sing at his theatre on Monday and Tuesday every week. Before S could begin her performance the theatre was completely destroyed in an earthquake. The contract

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Where the theatre essential to performance is destroyed by an earthquake, performance becomes impossible through no fault of either party, so under Section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, as in Taylor v. Caldwell, the contract "Is discharged by impossibility of performance".

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