Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the Bern Commercial Court had subject-matter jurisdiction under Art. 6 ZPO over the claim between the brothers.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The dispute had to be qualified, for jurisdictional purposes, as one between collective partners in a business operating a hotel and restaurant; the Commercial Court was therefore competent.
Motivazione estratta
At the jurisdiction stage, the court must accept the claimant's double-relevant allegations unless they are immediately implausible or directly disproved. A hotel and restaurant business is a commercial enterprise. If an 'ordinary partnership' runs such a business and the qualifying elements of a collective partnership are present, it becomes a collective partnership ipso iure, so Art. 6(4)(b) ZPO applies.