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    Both parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void. For example, an agreement to sell a specific cargo that had already been lost before the agreement is void, as is an agreement to buy a horse that was already dead at the time of the bargain, since both parties were unaware of these crucial facts in both cases.

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    Both parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void. For example, an agreement to sell a specific cargo that had already been lost before the agreement is void, as is an agreement to buy a horse that was already dead at the time of the bargain, since both parties were unaware of these crucial facts in both cases.

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    Both parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void. For example, an agreement to sell a specific cargo that had already been lost before the agreement is void, as is an agreement to buy a horse that was already dead at the time of the bargain, since both parties were unaware of these crucial facts in both cases.

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    Mistake

    Section 20- Agreement void where both parties are under mistake as to matter of
    fact.—Where both the parties to an agreement are under a mistake as to a matter
    of fact essential to the agreement, the agreement is void

    a) A agrees to sell to B a specific cargo of goods supposed to be on its way from


    England to Bombay. It turns out that, before the day of the bargain, the ship
    conveying the cargo had been cast away and the goods lost. Neither party was
    aware of the these facts. The agreement is void.
    b) A agrees to buy from B a certain horse. It turns out that the horse was dead at
    the time of bargain, though neither party was aware of the fact. The
    agreement is void.

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