Key legal question
Whether the grape-variety replacement was compensable under Art. 22 LBFA as necessary repairs.
Extracted holding
No. The works were undertaken for the lessee's own interest on a healthy, non-exhausted vineyard and were therefore not necessary repairs to maintain the leased property in contractual condition.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 22 LBFA covers only necessary repairs. The factual findings bound the Federal Supreme Court excluded necessity.