Questão jurídica principal
Whether the municipal and cantonal authorities committed excessive formalism or a denial of justice by not examining the objection on the merits.
Decisão extraída
No. The authorities could refuse to examine an objection that, as found by the cantonal court, raised only civil-law issues.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the objection was not rejected for a mere formal defect, but because it fell outside the building authority's competence. Article 21 LPAC on curing formal defects of appeals does not extend to substantive defects or issues of competence, and the appellants failed to show arbitrariness or a constitutional duty to invite them to recast the grounds of objection.