Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1172

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part One · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The Municipality’s obligation to pay the consideration for expropriation to those entitled thereto. Its subject is the payment of a sum of money and its source is the law. The Municipality’s delay in fulfilling this obligation. Its effect. The creditor’s entitlement to compensation therefor. The basis thereof. Article 306 of the Civil Code. What is required for entitlement to compensation. That the creditor suffer unusual harm of an exceptional character. Merely depriving the creditor of a sum of money which he would have invested is insufficient to establish harm. Example.
Arabic original
التزام البلدية بأداء مقابل نزع الملكية إلى مستحقيه. محله هو أداء مبلغ من النقود ومصدره هو القانون. تأخر البلدية عن الوفاء بهذا الالتزام. أثره. استحقاق الدائن للتعويض عنه. أساس ذلك. م٣٠٦ من القانون المدني. مايشترط لاستحقاق التعويض. أن يلحق الدائن ضرراً غير مألوف له صفة الاستثناء. مجرد حرمان الدائن من مبلغ من المال كان سيتثمره لا يكفي لتحقق الضرر. مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٣٣/١٩٩٧ مدني جلسة ٢٧/٤/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الثاني ص ٦٩٥)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part One — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 595. PDF pages: 589.

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