Questão jurídica principal
Whether Zurich courts had territorial jurisdiction to recognize the foreign bankruptcy decree and open ancillary bankruptcy in Switzerland.
Decisão extraída
Jurisdiction lay only at the place of Swiss assets; because Swiss assets in Zurich were not made plausible, the cantonal court could refuse recognition and opening.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 167 IPRG requires a Swiss place of assets. The existence of assets in Switzerland need only be made plausible, but the court may rely on anticipatory assessment of the evidence. Challenges to the factual assessment had to be pursued by cantonal nullity complaint, not by federal appeal.