Facts

Parties: [A. AG] (Plaintiff/Appellant) and [B.] Sàrl (Defendant/Respondent).

Facts:

  • The plaintiff filed a mediation request with the conciliation authority of the canton of Aargau, requesting the defendant to be ordered to pay CHF 1,266.75 plus interest and enforcement costs.
  • After a cost advance and a settlement offer from the plaintiff, which the defendant accepted, the settlement was judicially approved and the proceedings were marked as concluded.
  • The conciliation authority imposed the costs on the plaintiff pursuant to Art. 207 para. 1 lit. b CPC.
  • The plaintiff requested the refund of the cost advance or a change in the cost distribution, which the conciliation authority rejected.
  • The Higher Court of the canton of Aargau confirmed the cost distribution of the conciliation authority and dismissed the plaintiff's appeal.

Appeal: The appellant requested the annulment of the decision of the Higher Court and the transfer of the costs to the respondent.

Considerations

1. The appeal in civil matters is only admissible if the value in dispute threshold of CHF 30,000.-- is reached or a legal question of fundamental importance is at stake. In the present case, the value in dispute threshold was not reached, and the appellant could not prove that a legal question of fundamental importance was at stake. Therefore, the appeal in civil matters was inadmissible.

2. The subsidiary constitutional complaint is admissible if constitutional rights have been violated. The appellant had to clearly and in detail explain how constitutional rights had allegedly been violated. The appellant could not sufficiently do so, in particular, it could not prove that the findings of fact of the…