What is 'impossibility of performance' under contract law?

What is 'impossibility of performance' under contract law?

Michael Ehline (Attorney at Law) gives expert video advice on: What is a 'contract'?; What is a 'breach of contract'?; What is a 'breach of confidence' under contract law? and more...

Impossibility of performance under a contract theory simply means that it is absolutely impossible for the person to perform the contract due to forces that were extraneous and beyond the persons control; forces that were not in existence at the time that contract was made.