Key legal question
Whether the court settlement was invalid because the protocol did not note that it had been translated and explained to the appellant.
Extracted holding
The settlement could not be set aside on that basis; the protocol's omission did not preclude proof by other means that the settlement had been translated and explained.
Extracted reasoning
Section 154 GVG/ZH gives the protocol evidentiary value, but it does not exclude rebuttal by other evidence. The Federal Court found no arbitrariness in relying on the first-instance judge's statement and in applying free evaluation of evidence under Art. 9 ZGB.