Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant had capacity to appeal through a newly appointed administrator and ratifying power of attorney.
Solution extraite
Yes. New facts were exceptionally admissible to determine party capacity; the newly appointed administrator could represent the company even before commercial-register entry, and his power of attorney ratified the appeal.
Motifs extraits
Capacity to litigate is a procedural admissibility condition. For a corporation, representation follows from corporate organs; commercial-register entry is not constitutive of representation. The appeal was therefore validly ratified under Art. 38 CO.