Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the civil complaint against the state was admissible and which law governed limitation/forfeiture
Decisione estratta
The complaint was admissible in principle; pre-1997 law applied, and the canton-law limitation/forfeiture rule could be applied because the claim was based on cantonal state liability, not on direct liability under former federal debt-enforcement law.
Motivazione estratta
The sale and any alleged notice failures occurred in 1996, so the old legal regime applied. Primary cantonal liability was governed by § 2 VG, while federal law only governed the special federal liability of officers under former SchKG provisions.