Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4043

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

English translation of the principle

Impossibility of the seller performing his obligation in kind to transfer ownership. The buyer may have recourse against him under the warranty against eviction by way of compensation. - Compensation making good the damage under the warranty against eviction. Assessed according to the loss sustained by the buyer and the profit he has forgone. Assessed at the value of the thing sold at the time of eviction and statutory interest from the time of eviction. - 746 - Obligation
Arabic original
استحالة تنفيذ البائع التزامه عينا بنقل الملكية. للمشترى الرجوع عليه بضمان الاستحقاق بطريق التعويض. - التعويض الجابر للضرر في ضمان الاستحقاق. بقدر بما أصاب المشترى من خسارة وما فاته من كسب. يقدر بقيمة المبيع وقت استحقاقه والفوائد القانونية من وقت الاستحقاق. - ٧٤٦ - التزام
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦٦/٩٢ تجاري جلسة ٢٨/٦/١٩٩٣ مج القسم الثالث - المجلد الثاني ص ١٧٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 746. PDF pages: 746.

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