In some cases even an entire contract is apportionable, as where the price to be paid is not fixed, or is by the contract itself apportioned according to time; so, if the failure of one party to perform is caused by the act of the other, the contract may still be apportioned.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 2688; Code 1868, § 2684; Code 1873, § 2726; Code 1882, § 2726; Civil Code 1895, § 3644; Civil Code 1910, § 4229; Code 1933, § 20-113.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 17 Am. Jur. 2d, Contracts, §§ 96, 313, 315. 77 Am. Jur. 2d, Vendor and Purchaser, § 53, 521.
C.J.S.- 17A C.J.S., Contracts, § 502.