Opinion ID: 877539
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: excuse of performance by reason of rejection

Text: The seller argues that the buyer wrongfully rejected delivery after January 1 and such rejection made performance impossible due to the buyer's hindrance. The District Court found that the seller had never delivered any calves (finding no. 13), and concluded that the failure of the seller to make even partial performance amounted to a complete breach of the contract. The court's finding is supported by the evidence that the seller failed to tender delivery after January 1; that all he did was state on several occasions that he would be unable to deliver until after January 1; and that the buyer always demanded delivery by the agreed date. After January 1 the seller took the calves to Billings and sold them at an increased price without offering them to the buyer. The court's findings are not clearly erroneous.