Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the cats were a suitable object of theft despite the defendant’s claim of ownership in the breeding business.
Decisione estratta
The cats were a suitable object of theft because the cantonal findings bound the Federal Court and established that the wife owned or at least co-owned them; the defendant had no sole ownership.
Motivazione estratta
Challenges to the factual findings were inadmissible in cassation. On those findings, the animals were not exclusively the defendant’s property and therefore could be stolen.