Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the broker was entitled to commission under the brokerage agreement
Decisione estratta
The broker had not validly established an essential contractual element for calculating the commission, namely the salary of the hired person, so the claim failed.
Motivazione estratta
The Federal Supreme Court held that, because the salary was not regularly pleaded under the applicable cantonal procedure, the claimant could not rely on evidence to substitute for that allegation; without a proper pleading, Article 8 CC on burden of proof did not help.