Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 4331

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

English translation of the principle

The creditor under a negotiable-instrument obligation may have recourse against the debtor by an action on the original debt, without the debtor being entitled to resist his action by defences derived from the negotiable-instrument obligation.
Arabic original
للدائن في الالتزام الصرفي أن يرجع على المدين بدعوى الدين الأصلي دون أن يكون للمدين دفع دعواه بالدفوع المستمدة من الالتزام الصرفي.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٤٩/١٩٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٢١/١٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع المجلد الرابع ص٨١٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Two — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 796. PDF pages: 793.

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