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Art. 158 Bundesgesetz vom 30. März 1911 betreffend die Ergänzung des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches (OR)

OR; Erste Abteilung: Allgemeine Bestimmungen; Vierter Titel: Besondere Verhältnisse bei Obligationen; Dritter Abschnitt: Haft- und Reugeld. Lohnabzüge. Konventionalstrafe; A. Haft- und Reugeld

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Art. 158 OR

Das beim Vertragsabschlusse gegebene An- oder Draufgeld gilt als Haft-, nicht als Reugeld.

Wo nicht Vertrag oder Ortsgebrauch etwas anderes bestimmen, verbleibt das Haftgeld dem Empfänger ohne Abzug von seinem Anspruche.

Ist ein Reugeld verabredet worden, so kann der Geber gegen Zurücklassung des bezahlten und der Empfänger gegen Erstattung des doppelten Betrages von dem Vertrage zurücktreten.

← Art. 157 OR Bundesgesetz vom 30. März 1911 betreffend die Ergänzung des Schweizerischen Zivilgesetzbuches (OR) Art. 159 OR →

Gerichtsentscheide zu dieser Bestimmung (9)

C/16321/2020 · ge (art. 158 al. 1 CO)

Appeal Regarding Classification of Financial Advances as Loans Versus Earnest Money

Cited when analyzing the presumption that a payment given is an earnest payment (arrhes).

HG190091 · zh (Art. 158 OR)

Repayment of Earnest Money Under Innominate Contract Following Valuation Dispute

Cited in reasoning to define and distinguish between 'Haftgeld' (earnest money) and 'Reugeld' (penalty for withdrawal).

C/23814/2020 · ge (art. 158 CO)

Appeal Regarding Provisional Lifting of Opposition to Payment Order Based on Default Penalty Clause in Vehicle Sale Contract

Cited in the reasoning concerning earnest money (arrhes) and penalty clauses, but not in the dispositive.

C1 18 21 · vs (Art. 158 al. 3 CO)

Owner's Fixed Penalty for Unilateral Contract Termination Upheld

Cited in the reasoning regarding the inapplicability of this article to a consensual penalty.

C/21785/2018 · ge (Art. 158 al. 2 CO)

Furniture Order Deposit Refund Dispute

The provision regarding the presumption that earnest money is not to be imputed on the main claim was discussed, although the court ultimately found it inapplicable in this context.

C1 13 297 · vs (Art. 158 al. 1 CO)

Depositary Liability for Unmaterialized Business Purchase Agreement

Cited in the reasoning to define earnest money (arrhes).

C/23158/2014 · ge (Art. 158 CO)

Appeal Regarding Provisional Attachment Based on Real Estate Purchase Promise Down Payment

Cited in the context of analyzing the nature of the 150,000 CHF payment (as earnest money/down payment) when analyzing the claim for compensation.

CC.2003.3 · ne (Art. 158 CO)

Deposit Repayment Following Failed Land Sale Due to Use Restrictions

This provision concerning earnest money was discussed extensively, and while the court ultimately based its restitution order on a specific promise, the nature of the payment (which the defendant claimed was earnest money under Art. 158 CO) was central to the dispute resolved by the ruling.

12.1996.16 · ti (art. 158 cpv. 3 CO)

Deposit Return and Reasonable Fee for Mandate

Cited in the reasoning to invalidate the stipulated penalty for withdrawal due to lack of notarial form.