Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the claim for delivery of the registered shares was barred by res judicata after the 2001 cantonal judgment
Decisione estratta
No res judicata existed for the second action because the later payment of CHF 100,000 created a changed factual basis and the earlier judgment had only dismissed the pledge-based claim as not yet enforceable.
Motivazione estratta
The scope of finality must be determined from the dispositive part interpreted in light of the reasons. The first judgment finally rejected the contractual delivery claim, but only temporarily rejected the pledge-based delivery claim. Since the plaintiff later paid the amount whose absence had justified the earlier temporary dismissal, the second action was based on a different factual situation.