Appeal Costs Reimbursement After Annulment Without Merits Ruling

Appeal Costs Reimbursement After Annulment Without Merits Ruling: A party, having succeeded in an appeal and obtained the annulment of a prior judgment, sought compensation from the opposing party for costs incurred during the first instance proceedings, arguing that the appeal court's decision implicitly reversed the initial ruling which had partially rejected their claims, but the Supreme Court dismissed the claim because the appellate court's decision, which simply annulled the contested judgment without ruling on the merits of the underlying claims, did not constitute a reversal of the judgment in the sense required to entitle the appealing party to reimbursement of the costs incurred at first instance from the former opposing party.