Sellers' Claim for Interest After Contract Resolution Defeated
France (FR)
Synthèse Legislator
Généré par l'IAThe sellers of a parcel of land were ordered by an irrevocable judgment to return the down payment to the buyers after the sale was resolved due to the buyers' non-payment of the remaining balance, which was due on a specified date and subject to a ten percent annual interest rate thereafter. Subsequently, the sellers sued the buyers to recover interest on the unpaid balance from the contractually stipulated due date until the date of the judgment ordering the resolution of the sale. The Court of Cassation quashed the appellate court's decision because, by ordering the buyers to pay these interests pursuant to a contract that had been definitively resolved, the appellate court violated the article of the Civil Code concerning the effects of contract resolution, which generally requires restitution and extinguishes mutual obligations under the contract.
Regeste Legislator
Généré par l'IAARTICLE 1184 DU CODE CIVIL; Sellers' Claim for Interest After Contract Resolution Defeated: Subsequently, the sellers sued the buyers to recover interest on the unpaid balance from the contractually stipulated due date until the date of the judgment ordering the resolution of the sale. The Court of Cassation quashed the appellate court's decision because, by ordering the buyers to pay these interests pursuant to a contract that had been definitively resolved, the appellate court violated the article of the Civil Code concerning the effects of contract resolution, which generally requires restitution and extinguishes mutual obligations under the contract.
Mots-clés
Généré par l'IADispositions légales citées
Généré par l'IADécisions connexes
Généré par l'IAQuestions juridiques clés extraites par Legislator
Généré par l'IAThe Court of Cassation based the cassation on the violation of this article when condemning the payment of interest following the resolution of the sale.
Texte complet
SUR LE MOYEN UNIQUE :
VU L'ARTICLE 1184 DU CODE CIVIL; ATTENDU QUE LES CONSORTS X... VENDIRENT AUX EPOUX Y... UNE PARCELLE DE TERRE; QUE, SUR LE PRIX, LES ACQUEREURS PAYAIENT UN ACOMPTE, LE SOLDE DEVANT ETRE PAYE LE 15 OCTOBRE 1970 SANS INTERETS JUSQU'A CETTE DATE ET ASSORTI D'UN INTERET DE 10 % L'AN APRES CETTE DATE, SANS PREJUDICE DE L'EXIGIBILITE DE LA CREANCE; QU'UN JUGEMENT DEVENU IRREVOCABLE A PRONONCE LA RESOLUTION DE LA VENTE ET A CONDAMNE LES CONSORTS X... A RESTITUER AUX EPOUX Y... L'ACOMPTE VERSE SUR LE PRIX; QU'APRES OPPOSITION AU COMMANDEMENT QUI LEUR AVAIT ETE DELIVRE EN PAIEMENT DE L'ACOMPTE, LES CONSORTS X... ONT ASSIGNE LES EPOUX Y... EN PAIEMENT DES INTERETS SUR LE SOLDE DU PRIX A COMPTER DE LA DATE PREVUE AU CONTRAT JUSQU'AU JUGEMENT AYANT PRONONCE LA RESOLUTION DE LA VENTE; QU'EN CONDAMNANT LES EPOUX Y... A PAYER CES INTERETS EN EXECUTION D'UN CONTRAT DONT LA RESOLUTION AVAIT ETE PRONONCEE, LA COUR D'APPEL A VIOLE LE TEXTE SUSVISE;
PAR CES MOTIFS :
CASSE ET ANNULE L'ARRET RENDU ENTRE LES PARTIES LE 24 JANVIER 1980 PAR LA COUR D'APPEL DE RIOM; REMET, EN CONSEQUENCE, LA CAUSE ET LES PARTIES AU MEME ET SEMBLABLE ETAT OU ELLES ETAIENT AVANT LEDIT ARRET ET, POUR ETRE FAIT DROIT, LES RENVOIE DEVANT LA COUR D'APPEL DE LIMOGES.