Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2705

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

English translation of the principle

A buyer who has received the thing sold. He may not refrain from performing his obligation to pay the balance of the price where the seller refrains from performing his obligation to transfer ownership to the buyer on the basis of the latter's obstinacy in performing his obligation to pay the balance of the price. The rationale therefor.
Arabic original
المشتري الذي تسلم المبيع. ليس له الامتناع عن تنفيذ التزامه بدفع باقي الثمن في حالة امتناع البائع عن تنفيذ التزامه بنقل الملكية إلى المشتري استناداً إلى تعنت الأخير في تنفيذ التزامه بدفع باقي الثمن. علة ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤١/٨٧ تجاري جلسة ١٥/٢/١٩٨٨ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٧٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 525.

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