Key legal question
Whether the Solothurn amtschreibereien must be instructed to use Stauffer/Schätzle tables for capitalization of usufructs and other recurring payments.
Extracted holding
Yes. The amtschreibereien were ordered to use the Stauffer/Schätzle actuarial tables, 4th edition 1989, for capitalizing usufructs and other periodically recurring benefits.
Extracted reasoning
The court noted that the Stauffer/Schätzle tables and the federal tax administration's annuity tables are based on different calculation methods and can produce materially different results. For legal certainty and uniform practice, the amtschreibereien should rely on the same basis as the courts and prevailing notarial practice. The Obergericht's authority to issue such an instruction follows from the cited cantonal and civil-law provisions.