Key legal question
Whether the federal civil appeal was admissible despite the value threshold in an eviction case
Extracted holding
The appeal in civil matters was admissible because the economic interest of the tenants exceeded the statutory threshold.
Extracted reasoning
For eviction, the value is the use value of the apartment during the period in which eviction cannot be enforced; even on the tenants’ lower rental figures, the amount exceeded CHF 15,000.