Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1255

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 11 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

A plurality of debtors for a single debt gives rise to their joint and several liability. Effect thereof. Each is liable for the same debt and for the entire debt, and the creditor may demand the whole of it from any of them. If the creditor recovers it from one of them, the others are discharged.
Arabic original
تعدد المدينين بدين واحد يرتب تضامنهم. أثر ذلك. كل منهم يكون مديناً بنفس الدين وبكل الدين ويكون للدائن مطالبة أيهم به كله. إذا استوفاه من أحدهم برئت ذمة الآخرين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٢/٨٦ تجاري جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٥٥٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 239. PDF pages: 239.

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