Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2647

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

English translation of the principle

Impossibility of performing a contract binding on both parties because the thing sold has passed out of the seller’s ownership to another who registered his contract. Its effect. Its rescission. - The purchaser’s withholding of the price. Its cases.
Arabic original
استحالة تنفيذ العقد الملزم للجانبين بخروج المبيع من ملك البائع لآخر سجل عقده. أثره. فسخه. - حبس المشتري للثمن. حالاته.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٢/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٥/١١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٤٢٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 488. PDF pages: 488.

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