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Principle: A contingent contract is a contract to do or not to do something, if some event, collateral to such contract, does or does not happen.
Facts: A agrees to pay B a sum of Rs.1 lakh if B marries C within a period of six months. B marries C during the seventh month as the marriage hall was available only during that month. B claims Rs.1 lakh from A.

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B can successfully claim Rs.1 lakh from A
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B cannot claim Rs.1 lakh from A as B married C after the duration set in the contract
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B can claim Rs.1 lakh as well as Special damages from A for having married C
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None of the above
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Solution

The correct option is B B cannot claim Rs.1 lakh from A as B married C after the duration set in the contract
The fact that the marriage happened after 6 months make B's claim invalid.

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