Questão jurídica principal
Whether the cantonal authorities had to approve the building project or immediately expropriate the land beyond the building line.
Decisão extraída
No. A building-line restriction and the postponement of compensation until actual expropriation are lawful property limitations under the building law and do not require immediate expropriation or permit approval.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that restrictions flowing directly from law do not infringe vested property rights. The content of property is determined by objective law, which may regulate or modify the powers attached to ownership without compensation, unless the substance of the property is taken.