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A renovation ends in court: builder fights over who to blame for unfinished work
- Court
- Cour de cassation
- Decided
- Sep 10, 2026
- Citation
- 23-19.363
- Judges
- Mme Martinel (présidente)
AI breakdown
- The case involves Ethic-home, which was sued for not completing renovation work and sought to appeal a court's payment order.
- The Cour de cassation annulled a lower court's decision to reject Ethic-home's appeal because it didn't include a co-debtor.
- The ruling clarified that the appeal could not have been deemed inadmissible due to misinterpretation of indivisibility rules.
Outcome
Cassation
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