If the nonperformance of a party to a contract is caused by the conduct of the opposite party, such conduct shall excuse the other party from performance.
History. Orig. Code 1863, § 2814; Code 1868, § 2822; Code 1873, § 2873; Code 1882, § 2873; Civil Code 1895, § 3727; Civil Code 1910, § 4321; Code 1933, § 20-1104.