BGE 32 II 181•Jurisdiction based on claim value at first-instance hearing
BGE 32 II 181Federal Supreme Court Official Reports (BGE) / Band IIJul 27, 1905Confirmed
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The Federal Court held that, for jurisdiction under Art. 59 OG, the decisive claim value is determined at the time of the first-instance main hearing. Under Solothurn civil procedure, the operative pleadings are the oral requests made at that hearing, because new facts may still be introduced until then. On that basis, the second prayer alone exceeded CHF 4,000, so the Federal Court had jurisdiction and the oral appeal procedure applied.
Art. 59 OG; determination of claim value for federal jurisdiction and choice between written and oral appeal procedure. Where cantonal civil procedure provides that the relevant pleadings are the oral requests made at the main hearing and that new facts may still be asserted until that moment, the value in dispute is assessed as of the first-instance main hearing rather than by reference to the earlier written complaint and answer. If the threshold is reached at that date, Federal Court jurisdiction is established and the oral federal procedure applies (consid. 1).
die in der mündlichen Hauptverhandlung gestellten Begehren, da bis zu diesem Zeitpunkte neue Tatsachen vorgebracht werden kön nen ( 103, 104, 127 soloth. ZPO). In jenem Zeitpunkte überstieg aber der Streitwert für das zweite Rechtsbegehren allein schon den Betrag von 4000 Fr. (monatlich 416 Fr. 65 Cts. vom 17. August 1904 bis 27. Juli 1905). Hieraus folgt auch, daß für das Bundesgericht das zutreffende Verfahren das münd liche ist. Vergl. auch Nr. 18.
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How to determine the claim value for Federal Court jurisdiction under Art. 59 OG
The decisive date is the day of the first-instance main hearing, not the date of the written pleadings.
Under Solothurn civil procedure, the relevant claims are those made orally at the main hearing, since new facts may still be introduced until then.
Whether the claim value exceeded the federal jurisdiction threshold
Yes. On the date of the first-instance hearing, the second prayer alone exceeded CHF 4,000.
Monthly damages of CHF 416.65 from 17 August 1904 to 27 July 1905 already surpassed the threshold.
Whether the Federal Court had to proceed orally or in writing
The applicable procedure was oral.
Because the relevant claim value threshold was exceeded on the decisive date, the oral federal appeal procedure applied.
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