38.The first application of Rebus sic stantibus was in 1932. A religious order (Ordem Terceira) had rented, for 25 years, one of its buildings in Rio de Janeiro. In the contract, there was a clause stating that the tenant could buy the property for 25 "contos de r้is". Because of significant improvements in the area, by the City of Rio de Janeiro, the value of the property went from 25 to 800 "contos de r้is". The tenant promptly decided to purchase the building and the religious order did not accept the 25 "contos de r้is". Judge Nelson Hungria, who later became a Justice to the Brazilian Supreme Court, ruled that in the case of such profound change in the economic equilibrium of the parties, the court should apply the rebus sic stantibus clause and terminate the contract[19] The support for the rebus sic stantibus clause kept increasing among commentators and in the lower courts in Brazil. But since the 1916 civil code had not adopted it, some question remained regarding whether or not the Supreme Court would accept or reject its application.