Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3152

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

The subject of proof is the legal fact constituting the source of the obligation, not the obligation itself. Consequence thereof. The person alleging the existence of a commercial suretyship must prove its source. - The existence or nonexistence of suretyship. A matter of fact within the exclusive determination of the trial court. Condition therefor.
Arabic original
محل الإثبات هو الواقعة القانونية مصدر الالتزام وليس الالتزام ذاته. مؤدى ذلك. على مدعي قيام الكفالة التجارية. إثبات مصدرها. - قيام الكفالة أو نفيها. واقع تستقل به محكمة الموضوع. شرط ذلك.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٣٦/١٩٨٥ تجاري جلسة ٢/٧/١٩٨٦ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ٥٠٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 534. PDF pages: 534.

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