Key legal question
Whether the civil appeal was admissible despite the amount in dispute being below CHF 15,000 because the case allegedly raised a fundamental legal question.
Extracted holding
No. The appellant relied on a factual premise not established by the cantonal court and did not show grounds to depart from those findings; the threshold exception was therefore not met.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Supreme Court is bound by the facts found below unless statutory exceptions are properly pleaded. New facts cannot be used to create admissibility. The asserted fundamental question was therefore not substantiated.