Agreements void for uncertainty :
Section – 29. Agreements, the meaning of which is not certain, or capable of being made certain, are void.
Illustrations
| (a) | A agrees to sell B “a hundred tons of oil”. There is nothing whatever to show what kind of oil was intended. The agreement is void for uncertainty. | |
| (b) | A agrees to sell B 100 tons of oil of a specified description, known as an article of commerce. There is no uncertainty here to make the agreement void. | |
| (c) | A, who is a dealer in coconut oil only, agrees to sell to B “100 tons of oil”. The nature of A’s trade affords an indication of the meaning of the words, and A has entered into a contract for the sale of one hundred tons of coconutoil. | |
| (d) | A agrees to sell to B “all the grain in my granary at Ramnagar”. There is no uncertainty here to make the agreement void. | |
| (e) | A agrees to sell to B “1000 maunds of rice at a price to be fixed by C”. As the price capable of being made certain, there is no uncertainty here to make the agreement void. | |
| (f) | A agrees to sell to B “my white horse for rupees five hundred or rupees one thousand”. There is nothing to show which of the two prices was to be given. The agreement is void. |