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SOCIETE DIFFUSION INDUSTRIELLE ET AUTOMOBILE PAR LE CREDIT v VEUVE Y... (French Court of Cassation, 24 October 1973)

  1. 5 May 1969Arbitration

    5 May 1969Arbitration

    Judicial settlement (Vergleich) before the Saarbrücken Court dated 5 May 1969

    Decision summary
    Veuve Y... agreed to pay the guaranteed debt in 36 monthly instalments and granted DIAC a first-ranking mortgage over her property in Lourdes.

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    1 authority · 2 participants
    VEUVE Y...
    SOCIETE DIFFUSION INDUSTRIELLE ET AUTOMOBILE PAR LE CREDIT

    Authorities cited

    1
    • German Code of Procedure, Article 794
      statute

    2 years, 10 months and 3 days later · 1038 days

  2. 8 March 1972France

    8 March 1972France

    Judgment of the Pau Court of Appeal dated 8 March 1972

    Pau Court of Appeal

    Decision summary
    The Pau Court of Appeal upheld the declaration that the German judicial settlement was enforceable in France, allowing DIAC to pursue recovery of its claim against Veuve Y....

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    2 participants
    VEUVE Y...
    SOCIETE DIFFUSION INDUSTRIELLE ET AUTOMOBILE PAR LE CREDIT
    Pau Court of Appeal

    1 year, 7 months and 16 days later · 595 days

  3. 24 October 1973France

    24 October 1973France

    Judgment of the French Court of Cassation dated 24 October 1973

    French Court of Cassation

    Decision summary
    The Court of Cassation rejected Veuve Y...'s appeal and upheld the enforceability in France of the German judicial settlement. It held that a foreign judicial authority's decision, whether contentious or non-contentious, may receive exequatur under former Article 546 of the French Code of Civil Procedure, and that the settlement was regularly made and did not violate the rights of the defence.

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    2 authorities · 2 participants
    VEUVE Y...
    SOCIETE DIFFUSION INDUSTRIELLE ET AUTOMOBILE PAR LE CREDIT
    French Court of Cassation

    Authorities cited

    2
    • French Code of Civil Procedure, former Article 546
      statute
    • German Code of Procedure, Articles 725 and 794
      statute

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