SCA 1680/2019

This case involved amounts due for the supply of goods where an amount was outstanding. During the case the defendant died and the heirs were ordered to pay.

Background

A claimant filed a case against a defendant before the court. He requested the court to order the defendant to pay him 110585 Riyals. He said that he had supplied the defendant with raw materials and that the latter failed to pay their remaining value.

The son of the defendant attended the hearing and said that his father had died. He requested the court to suspend the cessation of the commercial registration of his father. The heirs failed to attend the subsequent hearings.

Decision

The court ruled that the heirs should pay the claimant the mentioned amount.

The case has been referred to the court of appeal in order to be audited.

The heirs failed to attend the hearing.

The court upheld the appealed ruling.