Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cost estimate for part C of the works contract could be treated under Art. 375 OR as the basis for reducing the fee after excessive overruns.
Decisione estratta
A cost estimate given to inform the principal and forming a basis for contracting can trigger Art. 375 OR even if the fee was otherwise agreed on an hourly basis; an analogue application was not excluded here.
Motivazione estratta
The estimate was expressly meant as a decision basis. The principal could rely on it, and the overrun had to be assessed under the rules developed for excessive cost estimates, not by replacing the agreed hourly remuneration with a flat amount per objection.