Key legal question
Whether X.'s civil claim could be referred to the civil courts in the criminal proceedings.
Extracted holding
Yes. The federal court held that the referral was arbitrary because the debt was acknowledged and any alleged repayments had to be proved by A.; the file did not show that proof-taking would overburden the criminal proceedings.
Extracted reasoning
Once the claim was acknowledged, the civil debt was established. Under Art. 8 ZGB, A. bore the burden of proving extinction by repayment. He neither quantified the alleged repayments nor offered evidence, so the need for extensive proof was speculative.