Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3887

State of Kuwait · Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 · 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 counter that action with defences derived from the negotiable-instrument obligation. - The creditor's recourse against any of the jointly and severally liable debtors:-
Arabic original
للدائن في الالتزام الصرفي أن يرجع على المدين بدعوى الدين الأصلي دون أن يكون للمدين دفع دعواه بالدفوع المستمدة من الالتزام الصرفي. - رجوع الدائن على أي من المدينين المتضامنين:-
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٤٩/٩٨ تجاري جلسة ٢١/١٢/١٩٩٨ مج القسم الرابع - المجلد الخامس ص ٣١)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Commercial and Labour — Volume 9 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 655. PDF pages: 655.

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