Key legal question
Whether the tenants' cantonal appeal was filed late after service of the first-instance judgment.
Extracted holding
No. Under the CPC notification rules, the appeal deadline ran until 29 October 2012 and the appeal filed that day was timely.
Extracted reasoning
Absolute receipt theory does not apply. The decision was deemed served only according to Art. 138 CPC; the record did not show earlier collection before expiry of the holding period.