Question juridique clé
Whether the federal appeal is admissible despite the amount in dispute being below the statutory threshold for a contestation action.
Solution extraite
In contestation actions, the amount in dispute is determined by the official valuation of the subject matter; here it was CHF 100, so the statutory threshold was not met.
Motifs extraits
The court applied its constant case law that the amount in dispute in contestation actions follows the official estimate of the disputed object. This rule also applies to claims. Even ignoring that valuation, the action concerned only the pledged portion of the nominal claim, i.e. CHF 1,378.75, which still did not reach the required CHF 2,000.