Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 755

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

English translation of the principle

Commercial companies, other than a silent partnership, have legal personality and a patrimony independent of the persons of their partners and their patrimonies. The manager or partner signing in his own name without mentioning the company's name. A presumption that he is acting for his own account. The other contracting party may rebut this presumption by all means of proof.
Arabic original
الشركات التجارية عدا شركة المحاصة لها شخصية معنوية وذمة مالية مستقلة عن أشخاص الشركاء فيها وذممهم. توقيع المدير أو الشريك باسمه دون ذكر لعنوان الشركة. قرينة عن أنه يعمل لحسابه الخاص. للمتعاقد الآخر نقض هذه القرينة بكافة طرق الإثبات.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٠٠/١٩٩٠ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/٩/١٩٩١ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٤٥٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 166. PDF pages: 166.

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