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Compagnie Française de Crédit et de Banque (CFCB) v Dame Aouizerate Z... and Her Heirs (French Court of Cassation)

Compagnie Française de Crédit et de Banque (CFCB) v Dame Aouizerate Z... and Her Heirs court proceedings concerning recognition, with related public records.

  • Enforcement of foreign judgments

Procedural record

  1. 9 February 1978France

    9 February 1978France

    Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal dated 9 February 1978

    Paris Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The Paris Court of Appeal granted exequatur in France to the Algerian decisions ordering the CFCB and Spiteri jointly to pay the unpaid balance of the sale price of a business operated in Constantine.

    Participants

    Compagnie Française de Crédit et de Banque (CFCB)
    Lucien X...
    Jean-Louis Y...
    Dame Aouizerate Z...
    Paris Court of Appeal

    1 year, 9 months and 19 days later · 657 days

  2. 28 November 1979France

    28 November 1979France

    Judgment of the French Court of Cassation concerning the exequatur of Algerian judgments

    French Court of Cassation

    Decision summary
    The French Court of Cassation rejected the appeal against the Paris Court of Appeal judgment granting exequatur in France to Algerian decisions ordering payment of the unpaid balance of a business-sale price. It held that the France–Algeria Convention did not require the court to recite each documentary condition absent a dispute, upheld the finding that the condemnation benefited Dame Aouizerate Z... and her heirs, and held that recognition could be granted subject to the statutory limits on recovery.

    Participants

    Compagnie Française de Crédit et de Banque (CFCB)
    Lucien X...
    Jean-Louis Y...
    Dame Aouizerate Z...
    French Court of Cassation

    Authorities cited

    3
    • France–Algeria Convention dated 27 August 1964
      treaty
    • French Law of 15 July 1970
      statute
    • Algerian Order dated 27 April 1972
      statute
  3. Date not availableAlgeria

    Date not availableAlgeria

    Judgment of the Constantine Commercial Court of 1964

    Constantine Commercial Court

    Decision summary
    The Constantine Commercial Court ordered the CFCB and Spiteri jointly to pay 80,000 Algerian dinars, the unpaid balance of the sale price of a business, to Lucien X... and Jean-Louis Y..., who succeeded to the rights of Dame X....

    Participants

    Dame X...
    Société à responsabilité limitée Jean-Louis Y... et Cie
    Lucien X...
    Jean-Louis Y...
    Compagnie Algérienne de Crédit et de Banque
    Spiteri
    Constantine Commercial Court
  4. Date not availableAlgeria

    Date not availableAlgeria

    Judgment of the Constantine Court of Appeal of 1967

    Constantine Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The Constantine Court of Appeal confirmed the judgment ordering the CFCB and Spiteri jointly to pay 80,000 Algerian dinars, the unpaid balance of the sale price of a business, to Lucien X... and Jean-Louis Y..., who succeeded to the rights of Dame X....

    Participants

    Dame X...
    Société à responsabilité limitée Jean-Louis Y... et Cie
    Lucien X...
    Jean-Louis Y...
    Compagnie Algérienne de Crédit et de Banque
    Spiteri
    Constantine Court of Appeal

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