Legal objection must expressly challenge the pledge

OG 1991 58Other CourtAug 22, 1991

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Omnilex summary

After service of the payment order, the defendant raised objection only against the claim and did not expressly contest the pledge right. The text states that a challenge to the pledge must be made separately and expressly; otherwise the objection is presumed to concern only the claim. On the facts given, the objection therefore did not extend to the pledge right.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 85 Abs. 1 VZG; objection to the pledge right must be declared expressly and in addition to the objection to the claim. If the debtor merely lodges Rechtsvorschlag against the claim and remains silent as to the pledge, the objection is construed as limited to the debt claim alone. The burden lies on the debtor to formulate a separate and unequivocal challenge to the existence of the pledge; absent such declaration, no objection to the pledge arises (cf. BGE 105 III 120; Amonn, Grundriss des Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkursrechts, § 33 Rz. 11).

Full text

Die Beklagte hat nach Zustellung des Zahlungsbefehls nur gegenüber der Forderung Rechtsvorschlag erhoben, den Bestand des Pfandrechts aber nicht bestritten. Wer das Pfandrecht bestreiten will, muss dies ausdrücklich und zusätzlich erklären. Ohne eine derartige Erklärung wird angenommen, der Rechtsvorschlag betreffe nur die Forderung, nicht auch das Pfandrecht (Art. 85 Abs. 1 VZG), wovon auch vorliegend auszugehen ist (Amonn, Grundriss des Schuldbetreibungs- und Konkursrechts, 4. Aufl., § 33, Rz 11 S. 266 unter Hinweis auf BGE 105 III 120).

Keywords

debt enforcementlegal objectionpledge rightpayment orderpresumption

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Key legal question

Whether a debtor must expressly and additionally object to the pledge right in order to contest it.

Extracted holding

Yes. An objection to the pledge right must be stated expressly and in addition to the objection to the claim; otherwise the objection is deemed to concern only the claim, not the pledge.

Extracted reasoning

If the debtor does not separately challenge the pledge right, the law presumes that the objection is limited to the claim. This follows from Art. 85(1) VZG and the cited authority.

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