Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the plaintiff had a substantive right to demand delivery of the mortgage certificate from the defendant
Decisione estratta
No. The plaintiff was neither the debtor nor the third-party pledge owner when the secured debt was paid, and he could not derive a delivery right from Art. 873 or Art. 827 ZGB.
Motivazione estratta
Payment of a mortgage-note debt does not extinguish the note or the security right. A delivery claim under Art. 873 ZGB belongs to the debtor; a pledge owner may redeem under Art. 827 ZGB only when he pays. The plaintiff did not make the payment and merely acquired the property later.