Key legal question
Whether the claimant had suffered actionable damage from the alleged loss of a recourse claim before paying the original creditor.
Extracted holding
No actionable damage existed yet, because the recourse/subrogation claim under suretyship law arises only after the surety has actually paid the creditor.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 507(1) OR, the creditor’s rights pass to the surety only to the extent of actual satisfaction of the debt. Since the claimant had not paid the creditor, the claimed recourse claim depended on an uncertain future event and could not be treated as a present, certain loss.