La. Civ. Code art. 1876 : Civil Code — OF THE DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING THE OWNERSHIP OF THINGS — OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL — EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS — IMPOSSIBILITY OF PERFORMANCE — Contract dissolved when performance becomes impossible TEXT PDF When the entire performance owed by one party has become impossible because of a fortuitous event, the contract is dissolved. The other party may then recover any performance he has already rendered. La. C.C. § 1876 Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. 1/1/1985.