Lessor Compensation Obligation for Authorized Improvements

A lessor appealed a decision that required them to compensate a lessee for improvements made to the rented property, arguing that the lease agreement explicitly forbade any such compensation. The court of cassation upheld the ruling, reasoning that while the contract stipulated the lessee could not claim reimbursement for improvements, this clause did not preclude the lessor from being obligated to pay for improvements that the lessee had undertaken with the lessor's knowledge and authorization, especially if those improvements resulted in an unjust enrichment for the lessor upon termination of the lease.