Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 173

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

English translation of the principle

The Municipality's obligation to pay expropriation consideration to those entitled to it. Its subject is payment of a sum of money, and its source is the law. The Municipality's delay in discharging this obligation. Its effect. The creditor's entitlement to compensation therefor. The basis thereof. Article 306 of the Civil Code. The condition for entitlement to compensation. The creditor must suffer unusual harm of an exceptional nature. Merely depriving the creditor of a sum of money that he would have invested is insufficient to establish harm. Example.
Arabic original
التزام البلدية بأداء مقابل نزع الملكية إلى مستحقيه. محله هو أداء مبلغ من النقود ومصدره هو القانون. تأخر البلدية عن الوفاء بهذا الالتزام. أثره. استحقاق الدائن للتعويض عنه. أساس ذلك. م ٣٠٦ من ق المدني. ما يشترط لاستحقاق التعويض. أن يلحق الدائن ضرراً غير مألوف له صفة الاستثناء. مجرد حرمان الدائن من مبلغ من المال كان سيستثمره لا يكفي لتحقق الضرر. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٣/٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٤/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثالث ص ٣٦٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 41. PDF pages: 41.

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