Key legal question
Whether the Federal Court had jurisdiction over the appeal against the counterclaim based on the sale contract
Extracted holding
The contract was treated as a real-estate sale; therefore the claims derived from it were governed exclusively by cantonal law, so the Federal Court lacked jurisdiction.
Extracted reasoning
Although the sale also covered furnishings, the transfer of the land was the main content of the single contract and the furniture was merely accessory. Under Art. 231(1) OR, the applicable law was cantonal, excluding federal appellate review.