Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1175

The purchaser of real property. A particular successor to the seller. Effect thereof. The purchaser has the right to seek compensation for the 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 provided for in the Expropriation Law. Implication thereof. Its liability for compensation towards the previous owner. Transfer of the latter's right to claim compensation to the purchaser to whom ownership devolved.