alternative promises
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 272 U.S. 351 - Yankton Sioux Tribe of Indians v. United States · 1926Most cited · 101 citing opinions
impossibility of performance
where promises are in the alternative, the fact that one of them is at the time, or subsequently becomes, impossible of performance does not, at least without more, relieve the promisor from performing the other
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