[Diskussionsbeitrag über Enteignung beweglicher Sachen], S. 181

Emil Lederer: Intervention on the Expropriation of Movable Property (1921)

This brief speaking turn in an official commission record asks for clarification of the legal scope of expropriation. Lederer recalls a provision added to the previous year’s municipalization bill:

Das Recht zur Enteignung erstreckt sich auch auf solche Sachen, welche nicht Bestandteile oder Zubehör eines Grundstücks, jedoch zum Betrieb unentbehrlich sind.

English translation: The right of expropriation also extends to such things as are not constituent parts or appurtenances of a plot of land but are indispensable to the operation.

The distinction is between property’s legal attachment to land and its operational necessity. The cited provision makes indispensability a basis for extending expropriation beyond land and its associated property. Lederer then recalls the justification offered: under the general legal position, only immovable property could be expropriated, so this extension required explicit emphasis. His contribution identifies a legal obstacle to municipalization; it seeks clarification rather than developing a broader argument for expropriation. The recorded turn ends with that recalled justification, without an answer.