Contract Breach, Damages, and Contract Resolution Appeal

The case involved a dispute arising from a contractual obligation where one party failed to perform a required act, leading the other party to seek termination of the contract and damages. The lower court had dismissed the claim for damages, finding that the non-performance was excused by the circumstances, but ordered the contract's resolution. The high court quashed the decision regarding the damages, reasoning that the obligation to perform the required act was an essential contractual element, and absent a valid legal justification for non-performance, the right to seek damages resulting from that breach was automatically established upon the contract's resolution, requiring the lower court to re-examine the basis for denying compensation.