Facts

The creditor Grob filed an appeal to the Federal Court against the decision of the higher supervisory authority of the Canton of St. Gallen dated April 9, 1960. However, the name of the appellant was only printed, not signed by hand, in both the original and the copy. The Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Chamber of the Federal Court considered that according to Art. 30 para. 1 OG, all legal documents addressed to the Federal Court must be signed by hand. This formal requirement is not merely a rule of order, but a prerequisite for validity. A submission without a handwritten signature does not constitute a legally relevant declaration and leads to the invalidity of the appeal. Since the time limit for the appeal had already expired at the…