Questão jurídica principal
Whether the bank could invoke set-off against claims assigned to the creditors under Art. 131 SchKG
Decisão extraída
Set-off was unavailable because the bank created the offsetting claim through unauthorized private realization of attached pledged assets, which constituted impermissible self-help and made the set-off abusive or legally excluded.
Fundamentação extraída
A debtor may raise defenses under Art. 169 OR after assignment, including set-off, but not where the main claim arose from the debtor's own wrongful conduct in breach of the attachment; private realization of pledged assets ceases to be allowed once the assets are attached, and Art. 125 No. 1 OR reflects the principle that one may not benefit from one's own wrong.