Key legal question
Whether A.________ acquired a legally protected possessory retention right when the debt certificate reached his office and whether this right passed to the appellant by assignment.
Extracted holding
No. A.________ held the certificate only as organ of the respondent, not for himself; mere factual control was insufficient for retention.
Extracted reasoning
Retention under Art. 895 ZGB requires possession in the legal sense. As organ, A.________ exercised possession only for the company, and an assignment of a retention right as an accessory right was impossible because no valid retention right existed.