Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the civil appeal was admissible despite the dispute value threshold under the Federal Supreme Court Act.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was inadmissible because only CHF 20,000 remained in dispute before the cantonal appellate court, below the CHF 30,000 threshold.
Extrahierte Begründung
In the appellate proceedings only the amount awarded by the first instance was still contested; claims beyond that amount had not been brought into the appeal and were therefore no longer in dispute. The erroneous cantonal appeal instruction could not create a remedy unavailable by law.