Key legal question
Whether the Federal Supreme Court could entertain a claim expressed in Swiss francs instead of the USD claim litigated below.
Extracted holding
No. The change of currency altered the object of the action and introduced a new conclusion barred on federal appeal.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 99(2) LTF, new conclusions are inadmissible. Changing the monetary currency is a material modification because the actually owed currency is a key element of the claim.