Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1967

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

English translation of the principle

Extinction of an obligation owing to impossibility of performance. Condition of impossibility: it must be permanent and absolute for everyone, not for some to the exclusion of others. Personal circumstances surrounding the debtor. They do not extinguish the obligation even if it is onerous. - An obligation whose subject is payment of a sum of money. Absolute impossibility does not apply to it.
Arabic original
انقضاء الالتزام لاستحالة تنفيذه. شرط الاستحالة: أن تكون دائمة مطلقة بالنسبة للكافة وليس بالنسبة للبعض دون البعض. الظروف الشخصية المحيطة بالمدين. لا ينقضي بها الالتزام ولو كان مرهقاً. - الالتزام الذي محله أداء مبلغ من النقود. لا ترد عليه الاستحالة المطلقة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٦٥/٩٧ تجاري جلسة ٢٣/٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ٤٥٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 373. PDF pages: 373.

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