Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 48

What do you think it would take for a court to render a contract commercially impracticable In this case, the shipper was forced to spend almost $44,000 more than it had expected to spend in performing the $306,000 contract. What if the added cost had amounted to $100,000 Would you be persuaded that the contract was then commercially impracticable What if the closing of the canal doubled the price of the contract Explain.