Hearings
British East Africa
14 Jan 1957 [1957] AC 136; [1957] 2 WLR 254, PC
Sheikh Brothers Ltd v Arnold Julius Ochsner
Subject Matter
CONTRACT — East africa — Contract — Mistake — Licence to cut and process sisal — Provision for delivery of stipulated minimum quantity to licensor — Leaf potential insufficient for fulfilment of contractual requirements — Mutual mistake as to essential matter of fact — Contract impossible in itself — Contract void — Effect of statutory provisions — Licensor not entitled to compensation — Indian Contract Act, IX of 1872, ss. 20, 56.
CONTRACT — Mistake. India.