Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4555

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

English translation of the principle

Sale of another's property. It is not effective against the owner unless he ratifies it. He may recover the thing sold from the purchaser, whether acting in good faith or bad faith. - If the thing sold is expropriated from the purchaser's possession, he must return the expropriation compensation to the true owner.
Arabic original
بيع ملك الغير. لا يسرى في حق المالك إلا إذا أقره. له استرداد المبيع من المشتري حسن النية أو سيء النية. - إذا استملك المبيع من يد المشتري وجب عليه رد مقابل الاستملاك للمالك الحقيقي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٥٨/٨٢ تجاري جلسة ١٢/١/١٩٨٢ مج القسم الأول - المجلد الثاني ص ٦٩٧)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 11 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. PDF pages: 898.

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