Arnold and Doug make a contract for Arnold to manufacture five leather chairs of a specified design.Prior to their manufacture, the factory is destroyed in an accidental fire that is no one's fault.The chairs are available from other sources.Arnold:
A)must supply the chairs, even if he must buy them elsewhere.
B)is discharged from his duty to deliver the chairs by the destruction of the factory.
C)has materially breached the contract if he fails to deliver the chairs.
D)must return any money paid by Doug.

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Arnold is discharged from his duty to deliver the chairs due to the doctrine of impossibility, as the factory's destruction makes performance impracticable and it was not his fault.

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