Question juridique clé
Whether the cantonal president could declare the appeal inadmissible for late payment of the advance without first hearing the appellants despite doubts about the postal evidence.
Solution extraite
No. Where the file itself should create doubt about compliance with the deadline, the court must allow the party to comment before issuing an inadmissibility ruling.
Motifs extraits
The postal slip bore an indication that should have alerted the judge to uncertainty about when the transfer order had been filed with the post. In such circumstances, immediate inadmissibility violates the right to be heard and is not arbitrary fact-finding.