Facts
A [X.] and B [X.] (Appellants) filed an inheritance division lawsuit with the District Court of Hochdorf. C [X.] (Respondent) requested that the properties be considered an agricultural enterprise within the meaning of the Federal Act on Rural Land Law (RLRA). The High Court of the Canton of Lucerne stayed the inheritance division proceedings until it was finally determined whether it was an agricultural enterprise. The Appellants appealed against this to the Federal Supreme Court.Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court quashes the decision of the High Court and instructs it to continue the inheritance division proceedings and bring them to a conclusion within a reasonable period of time. The Federal Supreme Court justifies this as follows:- The question of whether the properties constitute an agricultural enterprise has already been definitively denied by…