Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1379

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

English translation of the principle

Multiple debtors for a single debt and different sources of each one's obligation. Its consequence. All are liable for performance of the obligation, and the creditor may claim the entire debt from any one of them individually, because they are concurrently liable in solidum for the debt. None of the debtors benefits from establishment of the other's liability so long as his own liability has been established. - The creditor's obtaining a judgment against one debtor. Does not deprive him of his right to claim against another debtor or the remaining debtors. Its condition: that he has not obtained satisfaction of his right from the first judgment debtor. The challenged judgment's departure from this. Contravention of the law and error in its application necessitating its cassation.
Arabic original
تعدد المدينين عن دين واحد واختلاف مصدر التزام كل منهم. مؤدا ه. مسئوليتهم جميعاً عن الوفاء بالالتزام وللدائن أن يطالب أياً منهم منفرداً بكل الدين لالتزامهم تضاممياً بالدين. عدم استفادة أي من المدينين من ثبوت مسئولية الآخر مادامت مسئوليته هو قد تحققت. - استصدار الدائن حكماً ضد أحد المدينين. لا يسلبه حقه في مطالبة مدين آخر أو باقي المدينين. شرطه: عدم استيفاء حقه من المحكوم عليه الأول. مخالفة الحكم المطعون فيه ذلك. مخالفة للقانون وخطأ في تطبيقه يُوجب تمييزه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ١٠١٩/٢٠٠٣، ٣/٢٠٠٤ تجاري جلسة ٩/٥/٢٠٠٥ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثالث ص ٢٢٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 262. PDF pages: 262.

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