Key legal question
Whether the wife’s work in the husband’s enterprise entitled her to an extraordinary contribution indemnity under Swiss law.
Extracted holding
The federal appeal could not overturn the cantonal findings on the extent of the wife’s work; the complaint failed.
Extracted reasoning
In a reform appeal, the Federal Court is bound by the facts found below except for limited exceptions. The appellant’s criticisms concerned factual assessment of evidence, not reviewable legal error.