Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the civil appeal was admissible despite a value in dispute below CHF 15,000 because the case raised a question of principle
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. The issue whether Art. 116(1) CPC allows cantons to exempt party compensation was an unresolved and urgent legal question of principle.
Extrahierte Begründung
The dispute concerned only costs; however, the Federal Court had not yet decided the federal-law interpretation question, the doctrine was divided, and the issue recurred in Geneva lease cases where the amount in dispute would often remain too low.