Key legal question
Whether the Schaffhausen arrest and debt-enforcement measures violated a constitutionally protected right or a treaty-based forum rule.
Extracted holding
No. Article 59 of the Federal Constitution protected only debtors domiciled in Switzerland; Munz was domiciled abroad, and no treaty with Baden or the German Empire existed.
Extracted reasoning
Federal review was limited to constitutional rights and treaties. Because the relevant constitutional forum rule expressly applied only to debtors residing in Switzerland, Munz could not invoke it. The court also noted that German procedural law itself allowed claims against non-residents at the place of assets.