Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the challenged sums could be withdrawn from the bankruptcy estate under Art. 401 CO
Decisione estratta
Art. 401 CO did not apply because the money was not sufficiently individualised on a special account exclusively in the mandator's name and beyond the mandator's free disposal.
Motivazione estratta
For cash collected by a mandatary, subrogation under Art. 401 CO requires strict individualisation; the sums must be credited to a special account separated from the mandatary's assets and established in the mandator's name alone. Those conditions were not met here.