Peer was born on 13 June 1864 as the son of Josef Ignaz, an Austrian customs officer and his mother Fuetscher née Barbara.

[4] Peer devoted himself to organizing state finances, for example by raising additional revenue through flat-rate tax payments from foreign companies.

He wrote a government proposal on the matter, where he forwarded the demands of both parties through the agreement previously made for his tenure, many of which were loosely based on the Swiss Federal Constitution.

[1][4][5] He also played a significant role in the expansion of the countries constitutional judiciary, which was largely based on the Austrian model.

[1] His daughter, Maria Öhri went on to marry lawyer Ludwig Marxer in 1932, then Deputy Prime Minister of Liechtenstein.