Supreme Court of Russia rejected the failed groom’s claim to recover money from his bride

Financial relations between the parties arose against the backdrop of the romantic ones: the Polish groom decided to help his bride, who lived in Russia, to pay off the mortgage, purchase a mobile phone and prepare documents for moving to him. However, the relationship soon broke down - then the man decided to first go to the police, accusing the former bride of cheating. But law enforcement officials did not see the corpus delicti.

Then the citizen of Poland decided to fight within the framework of the civil law and claimed for the recovery of unjust enrichment in his favour.

He insisted that the money transferred to the woman was provided as a loan, while the defendant, in turn, claimed that there was no talk of any loans, and the conversation about returning the money arose after their romantic relationship had broken down.

The lower courts considered the receipt of the funds by the defendant unjust enrichment and recovered the money. However, the Supreme Court of Russia pointed out the mistake made by its colleagues. The trio of judges drew attention to the fact that there were not any debt obligations between the parties. The plaintiff, transferring funds, knew to whom he was transferring money and what for. Despite the plaintiff's indications that he had expected to receive the funds back, no confirmation of the defendant’s consent to such conditions was presented to the court. The fact that the romantic relationship between the parties had ended could not become the reason for the change in the qualification of their financial arrangements.

As a result, the decisions of the lower courts were cancelled, and the case was subject to reconsideration, Pravo.ru reports.