Key legal question
Whether the Federal Court had jurisdiction to hear the complaint against the cantonal judgment.
Extracted holding
No jurisdiction existed because the dispute was not to be decided under federal law and the amount in dispute was only 250 francs, far below the required threshold.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 29 of the Federal Judiciary Act, appellate review of a final civil judgment was available only if the dispute had to be decided under federal statutes and the subject matter had a value of at least 3000 francs or was not susceptible of valuation. Neither condition was met.