Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4280

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

English translation of the principle

An action for partition. The binding effect of the judgment rendered therein is confined to those co-owners who were parties thereto, as is the case with an agreement for consensual partition. Completion of partition of jointly owned real property by liquidation. The co-owner seeking partition is not considered a creditor or debtor of the other co-owners in undivided ownership. Effect: he is not considered to represent the other co-owners in this action. Consequence. Failure to join one of the co-owners. His objection to the judgment by third-party opposition. Inadmissible.
Arabic original
دعوى القسمة. حجية الحكم الصادر فيها قاصرة على من كانوا من الشركاء طرفاً فيها شأن ذلك شأن عقد القسمة الاتفاقية. تمام قسمة العقار الشائع بطريق التصفية. الشريك طالب القسمة لا يُعد دائناً أو مديناً لباقي الشركاء المشتاعين. أثره: عدم اعتباره ممثلاً لغيره من الشركاء في هذه الدعوى. مؤداه. عدم اختصام أحد الشركاء. اعتراضه على الحكم باعتراض الخارج عن الخصومة. غير مقبول.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٥٥/٢٠٠٥ مدني جلسة ٢٠/٢/٢٠٠٦ مج القسم الخامس - المجلد الثامن ص ١٥٩)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 841.

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