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BGE 37 I 141 ΓÇó Bankruptcy dividend must be paid in cash
BGE 37 I 141Amtliche Sammlung des Bundesgerichts (BGE) / Band I31.01.1911Partially Granted
Alfred Forster challenged the bankruptcy office's decision to place a fully covered bankruptcy dividend of CHF 714 into a savings book instead of paying it out in cash. The Federal Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Chamber held that creditors are entitled to cash payment of the dividend; the office had no authority to substitute a bank deposit, even if no concrete loss was shown. The complaint succeeded on that point, and the office was ordered to hand over the full amount without deduction. The remaining objection, concerning the name under which the claim was collocated, was rejected because the lower authority's factual finding was binding.
Art. 129, 136 and 259 SchKG; bankruptcy dividend and cash payment: the principle of cash realization applies in bankruptcy as in execution, save for statutory exceptions, in particular pledge creditors whose claims may under cantonal law be transferred to the purchaser. A creditor need not accept a substitute settlement, such as placement of the dividend in a savings account, and the unlawfulness of such substitution is not cured by the absence of concrete prejudice. If an unlawful bank deposit has been made, the bankruptcy office must pay out the dividend in full; protective measures for the beneficiary's family remain for the competent guardianship authorities, not the bankruptcy office.
C. Gegen diesen Entscheid hat Forster unter Erneuerung seiner Begehren und Festhaltung an seiner Auffassung innert Frist den Rekurs ans Bundesgericht ergriffen. Die kantonale Aufsichtsbehörde hat auf Abweisung des Rekurses angetragen. Die Schuldbetreibungs und Konkurskammer zieht in Erwägung: