Question juridique clé
Whether the Geneva court’s use of Art. 126 para. 3 LPC/GE to treat the defendant’s vague denial as an admission was arbitrary
Solution extraite
No. A global denial without precise contestation can be treated as an admission, and the cantonal court’s approach was defensible.
Motifs extraits
The plaintiff’s pleadings were sufficiently specific; the defendant filed no written answer and at the hearing merely stated that it contested everything. Under the cantonal rules, the judge may treat silence or evasive answers as admissions, and a personal appearance does not exempt a self-represented party from precise contestation requirements.