Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3293

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

English translation of the principle

Total destruction of the leased property during the period for which rent is claimed, for a cause in which one of the contracting parties has no inevitability. Its implication. Automatic dissolution of its lease by operation of law owing to the absence of its subject matter. The effect thereof. Extinction of the lessee's obligation to pay rent for that period.
Arabic original
هلاك العين المؤجرة هلاكاً كلياً أثناء المدة المطالب بأجرتها لسبب لا بد لأحد المتعاقدين فيه، مؤداه. انفساخ عقد إيجارها بقوة القانون لإنعدام محله. أثر ذلك. زوال التزام المستأجر بدفع الأجرة عن تلك الفترة.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٦١/٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٢٤/٦/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الأول ص ٦٣٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 647.

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