Questão jurídica principal
Whether the appeal had to be treated as withdrawn because the appellant could not be summoned.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Under Art. 407(1)(c) CPC, the appeal is deemed withdrawn if the party who filed it cannot be summoned.
Fundamentação extraída
The special rule of Art. 407(1)(c) CPC prevails over the general service rules of Art. 88 CPC. Since the appellant lived abroad, had not designated a Swiss address for service under Art. 87(2) CPC, and could not be validly summoned, the statutory consequence of withdrawal applied.