Facts
In the bankruptcy proceedings over D. AG with registered office in U., the Zug Bankruptcy Office ordered the assignment of the legal claims of the bankruptcy estate against E. and its proprietors A.A. and B.A. to C. mbH on June 18, 2010. A.A. and B.A. later applied for the revocation of this assignment, which the Bankruptcy Office rejected on July 17, 2015. Against this rejection, A.A. and B.A. filed an appeal with the cantonal supervisory authority, which, however, did not enter into the matter due to failure to meet the deadline or inadequate reasoning.
A.A. and B.A. then filed two appeals with the Federal Supreme Court. They requested the annulment of the previous instance's presidential orders as well as the assignment order of the Bankruptcy Office and the remand of the case for a new decision.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court stated that the appeals were rightly not entered into on the merits due to failure to meet the deadline or inadequate reasoning. The appellants had not complied with the statutory appeal deadline of 10 days and had not…