If From Any Cause Whatsoever

If from any cause whatsoever in a contract ran as: 'If from any cause whatsoever, the purchase should not be completed and the purchase money paid on the day hereinbefore stipulated, not paid, the purchaser shall pay interest, from that date until the completion of the purchase at the rate of 14 per cent. per annum'. Construing this Lord St. Leonards laid down that the words 'if from any cause whatsoever' are to be read, 'if from any cause whatsoever' than the wilful default of the vendor, Palmerston, Lord v. Turner, 33 LJ Ch 457