Supreme Court allows compensation for unauthorized ditching on expropriated land under specific property law provisions.

The Supreme Court of Finland allowed compensation claims arising from the Railway Administration's unauthorized excavation of a ditch on land recently expropriated for a temporary diversion area. The Railway Administration argued the work fell under the expropriation law's provisions regarding permanent property acquisition, while the claimant contended it constituted a separate tort requiring damages. The court ruled that since the land was only temporarily expropriated, the excavation did not qualify as a necessary measure under the expropriation statute and thus constituted a compensable interference with the claimant's rights.