Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal dismissal for failure to pay the advance on costs in time amounted to excessive formalism
Solution extraite
No. The appellant had been duly informed of the amount, deadline, and consequences; strict enforcement of the deadline was justified.
Motifs extraits
Excessive formalism exists only where procedural strictness serves no legitimate interest and unreasonably obstructs substantive rights. Here, the repeated notices and final deadline complied with case law, so inadmissibility for non-payment was permissible.