Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 490

Conclusion of the sale contract before the date the Civil Code came into effect. Its effect. Its provisions do not apply to future effects, including rescission for the seller's lack of ownership of the thing sold and inability to perform the obligation to transfer ownership. This is not altered by the buyer's discovery, after its entry into force, of a third party's entitlement to the thing sold. A claim for repayment of the price and compensation for damage. Its subjection to the provisions of the Majalla of Judicial Rules and Law 6 of 1961 regulating obligations arising from unlawful acts.