Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 872

Fruits belong to the owner or the person having the right of usufruct over the thing. - Mesne profits are compensation to the owner of usurped real estate for the fruits of which he was deprived. The obligation of the perpetrator of the unlawful act consisting of usurpation to pay mesne profits. Its implication. Recourse may be had against the usurper without the failure to register his contract pursuant to Article 7 of the Real Estate Registration Law being invoked against the owner or usufructuary. The basis for this: the restriction in this article concerns real estate ownership, not personal rights. Contravention of this. An error in the application of the law requiring cassation of the judgment.