SCA 465/2019
This case involved an amount owed under a contract where there as a dispute over who had signed the contract and if they had the authority to do so. The claimant was told that they could ask the defendant to take the oath but they refused to do so. A key point was that the defendant initially asked for time to make a settlement and had then claimed he had not signed the contract.
Background
A company filed a case against a defendant before the court. The company requested the court to order the defendant to pay 249846 Riyals. The company said that the defendant had rented equipments from them and that they still owed the amount.
The defendant said that the person who had signed the contract was not authorized to do so.
Decision
The court said that since the two parties were in dispute over the person who had signed the contract. The company could ask the defendant to take the oath in order to deny their claims. The company refused to ask the defendant to take the oath.
The court dismissed the case.
The company appealed the ruling before the court of appeal.