Question juridique clé
Whether Genossame Lachen qualifies as a self-cultivator for acquisition of agricultural land under the BGBB
Solution extraite
No. A public-law corporation is generally not a self-cultivator; neither its history, existing land management, nor the intention to let a member or tenant farm the land suffices.
Motifs extraits
Self-cultivation under Art. 9 BGBB is tailored to natural persons. Juristic persons are admitted only restrictively and only where the controlling persons meet the self-cultivation requirements or the majority works on the farm. Public-law corporations lack the requisite personal cultivation structure.