SBG 5963/2015
This case involved money owed to some heirs where there had been a transfer of debt.
Background
Some claimants filed a case against two defendants before the court. They requested the court to order the defendants to pay 240000 Riyals. The claimants said that this amount was the amount paid by their father to the first defendant
Decision
The court considered the documents of the case and found that that debt was transferred to the second defendant. The court said that the second defendant had failed to transfer the value of the transaction to the heirs of the deceased man.
The court dismissed the case against the first defendant and ruled that the second defendant should pay the claimants 240000 Riyals.
The second defendant appealed the ruling before the court of appeal.
The court dismissed the appeal and upheld the appealed ruling.