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BGE 3 I 337 ΓÇó Expropriation compensation only in money; no restoration
BGE 3 I 337Raccolta ufficiale del Tribunale federale (DTF) / Volume I1 mag 1850Confirmed
The Benziger brothers complained that the Wädensweil-Einsiedeln railway company had intruded on their land for material extraction without proper expropriation proceedings. They asked for restoration of the affected parcel or, alternatively, higher compensation. The Federal Court held that, because the claimants themselves sought determination by the expropriation authorities, the dispute had to be resolved under the Federal Expropriation Act, which provides only monetary compensation. It further held that restoration was in any event disproportionate, since the repair costs would be about four times the damage. The expert-determined compensation was left unchanged because the appellants failed to prove that it was insufficient.
Art. 3, 14, 43, 44 and 17 ff. of the Federal Expropriation Act; restitution of land unlawfully taken or damaged is not available where the injured party invokes the expropriation regime and seeks determination by the competent expropriation authorities. In such a case, compensation is to be awarded in money only. Even outside expropriation, restoration of damaged property may be refused where it would involve disproportionate costs, absent a clear exceptional circumstance such as violation of an express prohibition. Expert valuation will not be departed from without proof that full compensation has not been achieved.
Stelle, sowie hiedurch veranlaßt im übrigen Gute der Rekur renten eintreten sollten, bleibt den Brüdern Benziger das Recht gewahrt, die Eisenbahngesellschaft auf Schadensersatz zu be langen. B. Diesen Antrag nahm die Eisenbahngesellschaft an; dagegen beriefen Rekurrenten sich auf den Entscheid des Bundesgerichtes und stellten heute das Begehren, daß die Eisenbahngesellschaft verpflichtet werde, denjenigen Theil ihres, der Rekurrenten, Grund stückes Unterwasen, den sie angegriffen habe, wieder in den frü hern Zustand zu stellen oder die Kosten der Wiederherstellung mit
Fr. 25 Cts. zu vergüten. Eventuell trugen sie auf Erhö der von den bundesgerichtlichen Experten festgestellten Ent hung schädigung an. Die Eisenbahngesellschaft suchte schriftlich um Bestätigung des Instruktionsantrages nach. Das Bundesgericht zieht in Erwägung: um