Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3715

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

English translation of the principle

A plurality of debtors for a single debt gives rise to their concurrent, not solidary, liability. The effect of this. Each is liable for the same debt and for the entire debt, and the creditor may demand the whole of it from any of them. If he recovers it from one of them, the others are discharged.
Arabic original
تعدد المدينين بدين وأحد يرتب تضاممهم لا تضامنهم. أثر ذلك. كل منهم يكون مديناً بنفس الدين وبكل الدين ويكون للدائن مطالبة أيهم به كله. إذا استوفاه من أحدهم برئت ذمة الآخرين.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٢/١٩٨٦ تجاري جلسة ١١/٢/١٩٨٧ مج القسم الثاني - المجلد الثالث ص ١٠٢٣)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 628. PDF pages: 628.

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