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CISG-online number
331
Case name
Italian furniture case I
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Kantonsgericht Nidwalden (Court of First Instance Nidwalden)
Chamber
Zivilabteilung/Grosse Kammer I
Date of decision
03 December 1997
Case nr./docket nr.
15/96 Z
Claimant 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in transaction
Buyer
Seller 1
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Manufacturer of the goods sold
Buyer 1
Place of business
Switzerland
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
82: Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings
Goods as per contract
Furniture
CISG applicable
yes, due to the parties’ choice of the law of a CISG Contracting State during the court proceedings
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 39(1)
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 6
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1); Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof
Decision published in 2
Schweizerische Zeitschrift für internationales und europäisches Recht (SZIER) (1998), 81–82 [Abstract – in German]
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 10 [Abstract – in English]
CLOUT number
220
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
971203s1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 220 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German
Translation of decision
Language: English
translated by
Jan Henning Berg