Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the alleged promise to pay a retrocession of CHF 70,000 bound the defendant despite lacking written form and a determinate amount.
Decisione estratta
The alleged promise could only be treated as a promise of donation, which requires written form and a signed, determinate commitment; those conditions were not met.
Motivazione estratta
The claimant’s activity was outside any reciprocal contract, so the promised payment was not contractual remuneration. The only signed writing mentioned an undefined future 'retribution', insufficient to create an enforceable obligation under the donation-form rules.