Essential characteristics of object
The object of the contract must be lawful when the contract is made and possible and ascertainable by the time the contract is to be performed. Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.
| EnactedEn. Secs. 2151, 2152, Civil CodeCiv. C. 1895 |
| ReenactedRe-en. Secs. 4997, 4998, RevisedRev. CodeC. 1907 |
| ReenactedRe-en. Secs. 7499, 7500, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1921 |
| CaliforniaCal. Civil CodeCiv. C. Secs. 1596, 1597 |
| Field Code of New YorkField Civil CodeCiv. C. Secs. 776, 777 |
| ReenactedRe-en. Secs. 7499, 7500, Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1935 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 13-402, 13-403. |