Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal commission's refusal to hear the appeal because the wording of the request allegedly matched the original order was overly formalistic.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Read in context, the request clearly sought reduction of the probation period from 18 to 12 months; refusing to consider it violated the ban on excessive formalism.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that legal pleadings must be interpreted in context and from the appellant's perspective. Although the wording was grammatically ambiguous, the statutory framework made clear that the numerical reference could only concern the probation period, not the indefinite withdrawal itself.