Kernrechtsfrage
Whether a forum-selection clause signed by a collectively authorized board member bound Y. AG despite a contrary commercial register entry.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. Because D. had outwardly manifested comprehensive authority and X. AG could in good faith rely on that appearance, Y. AG was bound by the clause.
Extrahierte Begründung
The court treated the forum agreement as a procedural contract governed by cantonal procedural law and supplemented by the Code of Obligations. Under Art. 33(3) OR, outwardly conferred authority has the same effect as an actual mandate. Where a company consistently lets one person act as if fully authorized, good-faith third parties are protected; the commercial register entry did not prevail against the concrete appearance of authority created in dealings with X. AG.