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Debt assigned to a non-solvent person: creditor may claim from the assignor

If the assignee is not solvent, able to pay and not stalling, and the creditor did not consent, the creditor may claim from the assignor.

JudgmentsContracts & TransactionsGeneral Court, Riyadh1434H

Judgment details

Court
General Court, Riyadh
Outcome
Upheld on appeal
Year
1434H
Area
Contracts & Transactions
Official collection
Collection of Judicial Rulings 1434H, Ministry of Justice (Research Center)
Location
Vol. 2 · p. 29

Summary

A car seller received part of the price and accepted an assignment of the balance to a third party who owed the buyer; that party refused to pay. The court held the assignment invalid and ordered the buyer to pay the balance; the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment.

Principle

If the assignee is not solvent, able to pay and not stalling, and the creditor did not consent, the creditor may claim from the assignor.

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