Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 2717

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

English translation of the principle

Impossibility of performing a contract binding on both parties because ownership of the thing sold has passed from the seller to another who registered his contract. Its effect. Its rescission.
Arabic original
استحالة تنفيذ العقد الملزم للجانبين بخروج المبيع من ملك البائع لآخر سجل عقده. أثره. فسخه.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٣٢/٢٠٠٠ مدني جلسة ٥/١١/٢٠٠١ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الثاني ص ٧٦١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 527.

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