Facts
Dr. med. X. filed two complaints with the labour court in March 1986, which were subsequently consolidated into a single trial. He requested that the canton of Y. be required to issue him both a specific work certificate and an FMH postgraduate training certificate, and that the court find that the terminations pronounced against him were abusive. The labour court ordered the defendant on 21 February 1989 to issue a work certificate with the prescribed wording, and rejected the remainder of the claim. The claimant appealed this decision to the cantonal court, which partially annulled and modified the judgment on 30 May 1989. The claimant appealed the judgment of the cantonal court, but the Federal Tribunal did not enter into the matter due to the failure to reach the required amount in dispute.Considerations
According to the case law of the Federal Tribunal and the doctrine, disputes concerning the establishment or formulation of work certificates are of a pecuniary nature. To determine the amount in dispute, one must first refer to the concordant declarations of the parties. In the present case, the parties tacitly assumed the material competence of the labour court, which at the time could only hear disputes not exceeding 7,000 francs. The subsequent declaration of the claimant that the amount in dispute would exceed 8,000 francs cannot be accepted, as it contradicts his previous conduct and would undermine the…