Question juridique clé
Whether the Verwaltungsgericht had jurisdiction to hear a declaratory action on the public character of paths.
Solution extraite
Yes. The action was admissible under § 48 GO, at least by analogy, because the dispute concerned an alleged public-law path right and not municipal ownership.
Motifs extraits
The claim did not concern ownership of road land, which would be for civil courts, but the existence of a public-law restriction in favor of public use, which falls to administrative adjudication.