Property Owner Liability for Retaining Wall Collapse Despite Municipal Authorization

A property owner appealed a decision that required them to pay an indemnity to a neighbor whose property was damaged by the collapse of a retaining wall constructed on the owner's land, which was built pursuant to a municipal authorization. The court ruled that the authorization, being an administrative act, could not unilaterally relieve the owner of the civil liability arising from their ownership and the precarious condition of the wall, thus affirming that the owner remained responsible for the damage caused to the neighbor under the general principle of liability for property defects, irrespective of the administrative permit.