Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2504

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Impossibility of performance of a bilateral contract. Its effect. Rescission is deemed to have occurred. - Impossibility of performance by the seller under a sale contract because the thing sold has left his ownership. Its effect. His liability to refund the price and pay damages if the impossibility is attributable to him.
Arabic original
استحالة تنفيذ العقد الملزم للجانبين. أثره. اعتبار الفسخ واقعاً. - استحالة التفنيذ على البائع في عقد البيع بخروج المبيع من ملكه. أثره. ترتيب مسئوليته عن رد الثمن والتضمينات إن كانت الاستحالة راجعة إليه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٤٠/٩٧ مدني جلسة ١٥/٢/١٩٩٩ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٦٥٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 461. PDF pages: 461.

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