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49 Head v. Tattersall, L. R. 7 Exch. 7, 14. And see RAY v. THOMPSON, 12 Cush. (Mass.) 2S1, 50 Am. Dec. 187, Throckmorton Cas. Contracts, 369; Kimball & Austin Mfg. Co. v. Vroman, 35.Mich. 310, 24 Am. Rep. 558; Bus-well v. Bicknell, 17 Me. 344, 35 Am. Dec. 202; Schlesinger v. Stratton, 9 R. I. 578; McKinney v. Bradlee, 117 Mass. 321; Robinson v. Fairbanks, 81 Ala. 132, 1 South. 552. Cf. Sturm v. Boker, 150 U. S. 312, 14 Sup. Ct. 99, 33 L. Ed. 1003. It is otherwise where the injury is caused by the fault of the purchaser. RAY v. THOMPSON, 12 Cush. (Mass.) 28J, .V.) Am. Dec. 187, Throckmorton Cas. Contracts, 309. If no time is specified within which the option to rescind must be exercised, a reasonable time is Implied. Quinn v. Stout, 31 Mo. 100; Hickman v. Shimp, 109 Pa. 10; Washington v. Johnson, 7 Humph. (Tenn.) 408. See "Sales," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 287; Cent. Dig. §§ 811-816.
The law, however, does not favor forfeitures, nor does it incline to such construction of a doubtful contract as will terminate the rights of one of the parties under it. As said in a recent Texas case: 51 "To constitute a condition subsequent upon which a forfeiture may be declared because of a failure of its performance, the language must be clear and the condition must be created by-express terms, or by clear implication, and it must be strictly construed."

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