Key legal question
Whether the respondent's 23 September 2000 termination of the extraction contract was null or invalid for lack of good cause.
Extracted holding
The termination had no legal effect because the appellant no longer had an unconditional contractual right to continue gravel extraction; any further extraction required the respondent's prior written consent, which could not be compelled in good faith.
Extracted reasoning
The 1998 addendum made further extraction contingent on the respondent's consent and on no impairment to the golf course. The appellant had stopped extracting, had not sought consent, and no finding showed that the respondent would have to consent. Without a subsisting unconditional right, the termination merely stated the existing legal situation.