Key legal question
Whether bankruptcy without prior execution was permissible under Art. 190 para. 1 no. 1 SchKG because the debtor had no known residence.
Extracted holding
The debtor had no known residence within the meaning of Art. 190 para. 1 no. 1 SchKG.
Extracted reasoning
The creditor showed the loss of the Geneva domicile and made it plausible that the debtor had left for an unknown destination; the debtor failed to prove a duly established Paris domicile.