Key legal question
Whether the appeal in civil matters was admissible despite the low amount in dispute.
Extracted holding
The civil-law appeal was not admissible because the value in dispute did not reach CHF 15,000 and no question of fundamental importance was invoked.
Extracted reasoning
The Court examined admissibility ex officio and found the statutory threshold under Art. 74 BGG unmet; the appellants did not invoke any fundamental legal question.