LawgistThe Indian Contract Act
36Agreement contingent on impossible events void
Contingent agreements to do or not to do anything, if an impossible event happens, are void, whether the impossibility of the event is known or not to the parties to the agreement at the time when it is made.
Illustrations
(a) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if two straight lines should enclose a space. The agreement is void.
(b) A agrees to pay B 1,000 rupees if B will marry A's daughter C. C was dead at the time of the agreement. The agreement is void.
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OF CONTINGENT CONTRACTS
- 31 "Contingent contract" defined
- 32 Enforcement of contracts contingent on an event happening
- 33 Enforcement of contracts contingent on an event not happening
- 34 When event on which contract is contingent to be deemed impossible, if it is the future conduct of a living person
- 35 When contracts become void which are contingent on happening of specified event within fixed time . When contracts may be enforced, which are contingent on specified event not happening within fixed time
- 36 Agreement contingent on impossible events void
