Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1162

The issuer’s signature on the instrument. His obligation to pay its value even if the cause of indebtedness is not stated therein. The reason therefor: the presumption that it has a lawful cause. The burden of proving absence or unlawfulness of cause. It rests upon the person alleging it. Article 177 of the Civil Code. - Proof of the simulated nature of a disposition as between the contracting parties and their heirs may be made only in accordance with the general rules. Its implication. The simulated nature of a contract evidenced in writing may not be proved otherwise than in writing. The existence of evasion of the law. The person against whose interest the evasion was directed may prove the true nature of the disposition and the cause of the obligation by all means of proof. Example.