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Property Owner Ordered to Remove Encroaching Retaining Wall Despite Necessity Claim

Numéro de cause JURITEXT000006944611

Autorité / Tribunal Cour d'appel de Nancy

Juridiction

France (FR)

Date de la décision 2005-01-24

Issue du litige Rejeté (Dismissed)

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Synthèse Legislator

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A property owner appealed a lower court decision that ordered the removal of a retaining wall built on the boundary line, arguing that the wall was necessary for soil retention on their sloped property and that the neighbor’s complaint was an abusive exercise of rights, especially since the wall had been in place for over ten years without objection; the appellate court, however, upheld the requirement for removal, reasoning that the wall constituted an encroachment on the neighbor's property as confirmed by expert surveys, and the prescriptive right could not apply to an encroachment affecting the soil support of the neighboring land, thus obligating the builder to restore the boundary to its original state despite the alleged necessity.

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Property Owner Ordered to Remove Encroaching Retaining Wall Despite Necessity Claim: A property owner appealed a lower court decision that ordered the removal of a retaining wall built on the boundary line, arguing that the wall was necessary for soil retention on their sloped property and that the neighbor’s complaint was an abusive exercise of rights, especially since the wall had been in place for over ten years without objection; the appellate court, however, upheld the requirement for removal, reasoning that the wall constituted an encroachment on the neighbor's property as confirmed by expert surveys, and the prescriptive right could not apply to an encroachment affecting the soil support of the neighboring land, thus obligating the builder to restore the boundary to its original state despite the alleged necessity.