Preemptive Right Not Validly Exercised in Property Sale

A dispute arose concerning a contract for the sale of a property that was subject to a right of preemption held by an adjacent owner; the seller, having contracted to sell to a third party, later notified the preemption holder, who expressed interest but subsequently failed to complete the purchase within the stipulated time, leading the seller to finalize the sale with the initial third-party buyer. The Court of Cassation upheld the lower court's ruling, reasoning that the preemption holder's initial expression of interest, without a timely commitment to purchase under the specified conditions, did not validly exercise the right, thereby allowing the seller to proceed with the contract originally concluded with the third party.