Contract dissolved when performance becomes impossible

La. Civ. Code art. 1876

La. Civ. Code art. 1876

Art. 1876. Contract dissolved when performance becomes impossible When the entire performance owed by one party has become impossible because of a fortuitous event, the contract is dissolved. The other party may then recover any performance he has already rendered. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.