Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the CHF 122,500 compensation for withdrawing the objection was income from non-exercise of a right or property gain from the burdening of land with a servitude.
Decisione estratta
The payment was property gain, because it compensated a lasting and substantial diminution in the land's value caused by the granting of a servitude; the fact that it was economically linked to the objection withdrawal did not change its tax character.
Motivazione estratta
Section 49(2)(c) is the more specific rule for payments tied to a real burden that permanently and materially affects the property's disposal value. On the facts, the planned construction and boundary-building right caused a significant permanent value loss, so the payment was made as consideration for that burden rather than merely for refraining from exercising an objection right.