Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4380

The purchaser of real property. A successor by particular title to the seller. The effect thereof. He has the right to claim compensation for usurpation of the property. - The municipality’s seizure of the disputed land on a date preceding its purchase by the respondent, without following the procedures prescribed in the Expropriation Law. The consequence thereof. Its liability for compensation vis-à-vis the previous owner. Transfer of the latter’s right to claim compensation to the purchaser to whom ownership devolved.