Key legal question
Whether symbolic satisfaction of one franc is available under Art. 151 para. 2 CC in divorce law
Extracted holding
No. Art. 151 para. 2 CC allows only payment of a money sum as satisfaction; a merely symbolic award intended to express judicial disapproval is alien to that provision.
Extracted reasoning
The claimant expressly sought recognition of a satisfaction claim rather than practical compensation. This amounts to a form of non-monetary satisfaction under Art. 49 para. 2 CO, but such a remedy does not exist in divorce law. The special rule of Art. 151 CC prevails over the general rule of Art. 49 CO, and there is no need to apply Art. 49 para. 2 CO by analogy.