Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal court arbitrarily upheld equal allocation of first-instance costs and set-off of party costs.
Decisão extraída
No. The lower court could reasonably treat both parties as similarly unsuccessful on the contested division modalities and administration issues.
Fundamentação extraída
Under Ticino procedural law and the success principle, costs may be split when there is reciprocal defeat or other good reasons. Interpreting pleadings together with their reasoning was not insupportable, and the appellant was not clearly victorious on the decisive points.