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CISG-online number
1137
Case name
Welding devices case
Jurisdiction
Switzerland
Court
Tribunal Cantonal du Valais/Kantonsgericht Wallis (Court of Appeal Canton Valais)
Chamber
IIe Cour civile
Judges
Jean-Pierre Derivaz (Presiding Judge), Françoise Balmer Fitoussi (Judge), Stéphane Spahr (Judge), Vincent Rittener (Griffier)
Date of decision
27 May 2005
Case nr./docket nr.
C1 04 33
Claimant 1
Respondent 1
Seller 1
Buyer 1
Category of goods
73: Metalworking machinery
Goods as per contract
Welding devices
CISG applicable
yes, Art. 1(1)(a)
CISG applied
yes
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Swiss law
Key CISG provisions interpreted and applied
Art. 4 (agency not governed by the CISG); Art. 31(a)
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 4(a); Art. 8; Art. 30; Art. 54; Art. 58(1); Art. 59; Art. 78
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Agency; Burden of proof
This decision cites the following other CISG-online cases 4
Editorial remark
Some databases list the decision under the date of 19 September 2005.
Decision published in 2
CLOUT number
907
Case identifier in the old Albert H. Kritzer Database
050527s1
Full text, translation and abstract of decision 3
