Case Name: Marcus Huling v. Isaac Craig
Court: Allegheny County Court
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1797-09
Citations: 1 Add. 342
Docket Number: 
Parties: Marcus Huling v. Isaac Craig.
Judges: 
Reporter: Addison
Volume: 1
Pages: 342–343

Head Matter:
Marcus Huling v. Isaac Craig.
THE plaintiff had undertaken to carry a quantity of provisions for the troops, by water, from Pittsburgh to Fort Le Bœuf. When at Fort Franklin, he found French-creek so low, that he did not proceed fur ther. The defendant was obliged, at a great expence, to employ pack-horses, to carry the cargo from Franklin to Le Bœuf. This action was brought for the freight from Pittsburgh to Fort Franklin; and, against this demand, the defendant set up the extra expence of land carriage from Franklin to Le Bœuf.

Opinion:
President.
It must be impossibility, not difficulty, that will excuse from performance of a contract. If complete performance become impossible from a cause not within the power of man to control, the loss ought perhaps to be divided.