Key legal question
Whether the reform appeal was admissible to challenge the cantonal court's application of Italian law in a pecuniary civil case.
Extracted holding
No. In pecuniary civil matters, the reform appeal cannot be used to contest the allegedly incorrect application of foreign law; that complaint belongs, if at all, to public-law review.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that art. 43a OG allows reform appeal only when foreign law was not applied despite being applicable under Swiss PIL, not when the foreign law was applied incorrectly. The appellant's constitutional argument could not overcome art. 191 Cost.