Key legal question
Whether the appeal filed by Y.________ was timely under Art. 143 para. 1 CPC and eligible for restoration of time under Art. 148 CPC.
Extracted holding
The appeal was manifestly late; Y.________ did not make it plausible that the delay was not attributable to him or was only due to slight fault, so no restoration of time was granted.
Extracted reasoning
The deadline set for 11 November 2011 was not respected: the confirming letter was dated 7 November but postmarked 18 November 2011. Y.________ also failed to respond to the appellate judge's request for explanations, so the prerequisites for restoring the deadline were not shown.