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JAVIERRE V. CENTRAL ALTAGRACIA, 217 U. S. 502 (1910)

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Javierre v. Central Altagracia, 217 U.S. 502 (1910)

Javierre v. Central Altagracia

No. 171

Argued April 26, 1910

Decided May 16, 1910

217 U.S. 502

Syllabus

Where a proviso carves an exception, dependent on a condition subsequent, out of the body of a statute or contract, the party setting up the exception must prove, and has the burden, that the condition subsequent has actually come to pass.

A contract for deliveries for a term of years, of sugar, terminable meanwhile only in case a specified new Central was built, could not, in this case, be terminated unless the particular Central contemplated was built; it was not enough that a Central called by the same name had been built.

Damages in a suit at law for failure to comply with the term of a contract for delivery of crop is an adequate remedy, and specific performance and an injunction against delivery to others should have been refused in this case.

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