Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the civil appeal was admissible despite containing only a request to annul the cantonal judgment and no substantive conclusions on the merits.
Decisione estratta
The appeal was inadmissible because a party must in principle request relief on the merits, unless the case is one in which the Federal Supreme Court could not itself decide the merits and could only remit the matter, which was not shown here.
Motivazione estratta
Art. 42(1) LTF requires conclusions; under Art. 107(2) LTF the Court generally decides the merits itself if it admits the appeal. An annulment-only request is insufficient absent substantiated exceptional circumstances requiring remittal.