Question juridique clé
Whether the bankrupt debtor had standing under Art. 17 SchKG to challenge the private sale of a bankruptcy asset.
Solution extraite
Yes. A bankrupt debtor may complain against asset realisation measures when he invokes an interest in obtaining the highest possible realization proceeds; his filing sufficiently alleged that a higher offer would benefit the estate and creditors.
Motifs extraits
The cantonal authority focused only on a supposed general creditor interest, but the debtor had expressly argued that an allegedly incorrect procedure caused a substantial amount to be lost from the estate. That is enough to show a legally protected interest in contesting the sale of a bankruptcy asset.