Questão jurídica principal
Whether the debtor could demand that sufficient professional tools be exempted so that he could continue self-employed practice as a master locksmith.
Decisão extraída
No. Article 92 SchKG does not protect a debtor's right to preserve his existing professional and social status; it protects only the minimum means necessary for existence.
Fundamentação extraída
The court rejected the cantonal view that exemption must be assessed to preserve self-employed work as such. Protection extends only as far as required to secure the debtor and family a minimum livelihood, namely where the debtor, given the conditions of his trade and personal situation, could not earn a living as an ordinary worker.