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BGE 35 I 487 ΓÇó Arrest remains effective despite alleged set-off
BGE 35 I 487Coletânea oficial do Tribunal Federal (BGE) / Volume I7 de mai. de 1909Dismissed
Büschel challenged an arrest and the ensuing enforcement, arguing that his debt to Meier Fisch had already been extinguished by set-off before the arrest and that the arrest was therefore objectless. The Zurich supervisory authorities rejected the complaint, and the Federal Supreme Court confirmed that position. The Court held that set-off under Art. 138 OR requires a declaration of intent addressed to the creditor; the arrest request itself cannot serve as such a declaration. A later set-off declaration is likewise ineffective against an already executed arrest. The recourse was dismissed.
Art. 138 OR; set-off and arrest: set-off requires a declaration of intent communicated to the creditor. A motion for arrest, addressed to the arrest judge, cannot be construed as a set-off declaration, since it serves the opposite purpose of securing the claim as arrest object. A set-off declaration made only after execution of the arrest does not affect the validity of the executed arrest. The arrest is not rendered moot by a merely alleged or subsequently declared set-off (consid. 1-2).
führer am 7. Mai 1909 eröffneten Entscheid der obern Instanz zog Büschel unter Erneuerung seines Begehrens rechtzeitig an das Bundesgericht weiter. Die kantonale Aufsichtsbehörde hat von Gegenbemerkungen zum Rekurs abgesehen. Die Schuldbetreibungs und Konkurskammer zieht in Erwägung: