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CISG-online number
380
Case name
Austrian wood case
Jurisdiction
Austria
Court
Oberster Gerichtshof (Austrian Supreme Court)
Judges
Dr. Peter Angst (Presiding Judge), Dr. Niederreiter (Judge), Dr. Ernst Tittel (Judge), Dr. Peter Schinko (Judge), Dr. Peter Baumann (Judge)
Date of decision
15 October 1998
Case nr./docket nr.
2 Ob 191/98x
Claimant 1
Name
Philipp Qu[...]
Place of business
Austria
Role in transaction
Seller
Respondent 1
Name
Austria Legnami di M [...] Gottfried
Place of business
Italy
Role in transaction
Buyer
Case History
Austrian wood case
Landesgericht Klagenfurt (District Court Klagenfurt)
Austria, 26 March 1997 – 26 Cg 70/95-30, CISG-online 3654
Austrian wood case
Oberlandesgericht Graz (Court of Appeal Graz)
Austria, 11 March 1998 – 4 R 283/97p, CISG-online 670
reversing in part
Present decision reversing and remanding
Austrian wood case
Landesgericht Klagenfurt (District Court Klagenfurt)
Austria, 20 September 2000 – 26 Cg 70/95f-67, CISG-online 1274
Austrian wood case
Oberlandesgericht Graz (Court of Appeal Graz)
Austria, 07 February 2001 – 4 R 236/00h, CISG-online 802
Seller 1
Name
Philipp Qu[...]
Place of business
Austria
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Buyer 1
Name
Austria Legnami di M [...] Gottfried
Place of business
Italy
Role in trade
Dealer / Trader
Category of goods
24: Cork and wood
Goods as per contract
Wood
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Austrian law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 9(1); Art. 9(2); Art. 38(1); Art. 39(1); Art. 39(2); Art. 44
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(2); Art. 1(3); Art. 4; Art. 27; Art. 38(2); Art. 50
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Books case I
ICC International Court of Arbitration
Arbitration, 08. 1999 – 9083 (Final Award), CISG-online 706
Decision published in 5
Juristische Blätter (JBl) (1999), 318–321 [Full text – in German]
Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV) (1999), 63–64 [Full text – in German]
Transportrecht – Beilage Internationales Handelsrecht (TranspR-IHR) (1999), 25 [Full text – in German]
Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft (RdW) (1999), 139 [Full text – in German]
6 Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (VJ) (2002), 169–183 [Full text (translation) – in English]
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:AT:OGH0002:1998:RS0111002
CLOUT number
240
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
981015a3
Comments on this decision 2
Martin Karollus, 'Anmerkung zu OGH 15.10.1998 - 2 Ob 191/98x', Juristische Blätter (JBl) (1999), 321–322 [– in German]
Georg Wilhelm, ecolex - Fachzeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht (ecolex) (1999), 261 [– in German]
Full text and abstract of decision 2
Abstract of decision
CLOUT Abstract 240 (Language: English)
Full text of decision
Original language: German