Key legal question
Whether the cantonal court acted arbitrarily by failing to take notice ex officio of partial acquiescence and to strike the case from the roll.
Extracted holding
Yes. Under Ticino procedure, once partial acquiescence was established, the court had to note the end of the proceedings ex officio and strike the case from the roll; a merits judgment was not permissible.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 352 CPC/TI is clear: acquiescence ends the case and the judge merely declares it and strikes it out. Art. 87 CPC/TI required the court to apply this procedural law ex officio, regardless of the form of the appellant's request.