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  "id": "nexus-ext-1-0034-287327",
  "citation": "Res. 00110-2020 Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección VI",
  "section": "nexus_decisions",
  "doc_type": "court_decision",
  "title_es": "Deber del ICE de indemnizar por servidumbre de tendido eléctrico no inscrita y rechazo de daño moral",
  "title_en": "ICE’s duty to indemnify for unregistered power-line easement and rejection of moral damages",
  "summary_es": "El Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo, Sección VI, resolvió una demanda en la que un propietario reclamaba indemnización por una servidumbre de hecho impuesta por el Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) para el tendido de la línea de transmisión Río Macho-San Isidro. El actor adquirió lotes segregados de una finca madre que ya estaba afectada materialmente por torres eléctricas desde los años ochenta. El tribunal constató que, si bien la servidumbre era físicamente evidente y data de 1984–1986, el ICE no logró probar que la hubiera constituido formalmente con inscripción registral ni que hubiera indemnizado al propietario original, el IDA. Las citas registrales que el ICE invocaba correspondían a una servidumbre de paso a pie, caballo y carreta, no a tendido eléctrico. Se determinó que el ICE desistió de un proceso expropiatorio anterior bajo la premisa no probada de que ya había indemnizado. En consecuencia, el tribunal declaró el deber del ICE de instruir los procedimientos legales necesarios (avalúos y expropiación) para indemnizar al actor por la servidumbre, en un plazo de dos meses. Rechazó el reclamo por daño moral subjetivo, por falta de prueba del nexo causal entre una supuesta conducta prepotente de funcionarios del ICE y el daño alegado.",
  "summary_en": "The Administrative Litigation Tribunal, Section VI, ruled on a claim for compensation for a de facto power line easement imposed by the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) for the Río Macho-San Isidro transmission line. The plaintiff acquired lots segregated from a parent parcel that had been materially affected by electricity towers since the 1980s. The court found that, although the easement was physically apparent and dated from 1984–1986, ICE failed to prove that it had formally constituted the easement with proper registration or that it had compensated the original owner, the IDA. The registral annotations invoked by ICE referred to a right of way on foot, horseback, and cart, not to an electric power line. ICE had withdrawn a prior expropriation proceeding under the unproven assumption that compensation had already been paid. The court therefore declared ICE’s duty to initiate the necessary legal procedures (appraisals and expropriation) to compensate the plaintiff for the easement, within a two-month period. It dismissed the claim for subjective moral damages for lack of evidence of a causal link between any alleged high-handed conduct by ICE officials and the harm claimed.",
  "court_or_agency": "Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo Sección VI",
  "date": "2020",
  "year": "2020",
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    "servidumbre de hecho",
    "justiprecio",
    "oponibilidad",
    "fundo sirviente",
    "avalúo administrativo",
    "desistimiento",
    "responsabilidad civil extracontractual",
    "daño moral subjetivo"
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    {
      "article": "Art. 2",
      "law": "Ley 6313"
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    {
      "article": "Art. 7",
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    {
      "article": "Art. 70",
      "law": "Ley 2825"
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      "article": "Art. 140",
      "law": "Ley 6227"
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  "keywords_es": [
    "servidumbre de tendido eléctrico",
    "ICE",
    "indemnización",
    "expropiación",
    "Ley 6313",
    "inscripción registral",
    "servidumbre aparente",
    "justiprecio",
    "daño moral subjetivo",
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    "power line easement",
    "ICE",
    "compensation",
    "expropriation",
    "Law 6313",
    "registral inscription",
    "apparent easement",
    "just price",
    "subjective moral damages",
    "Administrative Litigation Tribunal",
    "Law 2825",
    "IDA"
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  "excerpt_es": "Pues bien, luego del análisis arriba expuesto, considera este Tribunal que en la medida en que no existe la anotación registral de constitución de la servidumbre a favor del ICE, a la vez que no se desprende el pago de esa afectación, no puede tenerse por satisfecho el trámite que impone la Ley No. 6313 para la imposición de ese tipo de gravámenes, y de esa manera, pese a lo aparente de la servidumbre, por la notoriedad física de su existencia, no puede colegirse su oponibilidad a terceros adquirentes y a partir de ello, negar las indemnizaciones que se peticionan. En efecto, del análisis de los autos, el ICE no ha logrado acreditar con la contundencia debida la constitución de la servidumbre de la naturaleza y condición que materialmente pesa sobre la propiedad del actor, sino que además tampoco se ha establecido su respaldo registral, lo que en sí mismo pone en evidencia incorrecciones sustanciales en la configuración y funcionamiento de este tipo de gravámenes. Lo anterior en virtud de que siendo que la servidumbre constituye, como se ha expuesto arriba, una limitación que se impone a un inmueble, que impide al titular del dominio la realización de un conjunto de acciones relativas a su heredad, es necesario, como presupuesto de su legitimidad, que se haya aceptado de parte del titular del fundo sirviente, y que se haya constituido de conformidad con las normas legales que rigen ese aspecto. De ahí que en orden a la legalidad de los procedimientos, en la medida en que al tenor del artículo 2 de la Ley 6313 existe una declaratoria de interés público respecto de todas las obras del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad atinentes al cumplimiento de sus fines legales, la imposición de una servidumbre como la analizada exigía de la realización del correspondiente avalúo (artículo 2 de la citada Ley número 6313), y comunicado ese acto al titular de ese inmueble (artículo 7 de la misma Ley, y 140 de la Ley General de la Administración Pública). Esas conductas fueron realizadas respecto de la heredad que ahora se debate, empero, el accionante no aceptó la tasación realizada por el ente público.",
  "excerpt_en": "Thus, after the analysis set out above, this Tribunal considers that insofar as there is no registral annotation of the constitution of the easement in favor of ICE, and no evidence of payment for that encumbrance, the procedure required by Law No. 6313 for the imposition of such burdens cannot be considered satisfied. Therefore, despite the apparent nature of the easement and the physical notoriety of its existence, its enforceability against third-party purchasers cannot be deduced, nor can the compensation sought be denied on that basis. Indeed, from the analysis of the record, ICE has not been able to prove with the required forcefulness the constitution of the easement of the nature and condition that materially burdens the plaintiff’s property, nor has its registral backing been established, which in itself reveals substantial inaccuracies in the configuration and operation of this type of encumbrance. This is because, as explained above, the easement constitutes a limitation imposed on real property that prevents the owner from carrying out a set of actions relating to their land. As a prerequisite for its legitimacy, it is necessary that it has been accepted by the owner of the servient tenement and that it has been constituted in accordance with the legal rules governing this matter. Hence, in light of procedural legality, given that under Article 2 of Law 6313 there is a declaration of public interest regarding all works of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute for the fulfillment of its legal purposes, the imposition of an easement such as that analyzed required the completion of the corresponding appraisal (Article 2 of said Law No. 6313) and notification of that act to the owner of the property (Article 7 of the same Law and Article 140 of the General Public Administration Law). These actions were carried out with respect to the property now under discussion; however, the plaintiff did not accept the valuation performed by the public entity.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Partially granted",
    "label_es": "Parcialmente con lugar",
    "summary_en": "The court declared ICE’s duty to initiate legal proceedings (appraisals and expropriation) to compensate the plaintiff for the unregistered and unpaid de facto easement, within two months, and dismissed the subjective moral damages claim for lack of proof of causation.",
    "summary_es": "Se declaró el deber del ICE de iniciar los procedimientos legales (avalúos y expropiación) para indemnizar al actor por la servidumbre de hecho no registrada ni pagada, en el plazo de dos meses, y se rechazó el reclamo por daño moral subjetivo por falta de prueba del nexo causal."
  },
  "pull_quotes": [
    {
      "context": "Considerando X",
      "quote_en": "there is not a single piece of evidence in this proceeding that would allow the inference that the imposition of this easement was accepted and paid to the owner of the servient property, an aspect that is decisive in the analysis of the object of this proceeding",
      "quote_es": "no existe en este proceso una sola probanza que permita conjeturar que la imposición de esa servidumbre haya sido aceptada y cancelada a la persona propietaria de los bienes sirvientes, aspecto que es determinante en el análisis del objeto de este proceso"
    },
    {
      "context": "Considerando X",
      "quote_en": "despite the apparent nature of the easement and the physical notoriety of its existence, its enforceability against third-party purchasers cannot be deduced, nor can the compensation sought be denied on that basis",
      "quote_es": "pese a lo aparente de la servidumbre, por la notoriedad física de su existencia, no puede colegirse su oponibilidad a terceros adquirentes y a partir de ello, negar las indemnizaciones que se peticionan"
    },
    {
      "context": "Considerando X",
      "quote_en": "ICE must be ordered, within a maximum period of two months counted from the finality of this judgment, to initiate the due legal procedures in order to carry out economic valuations through the respective appraisals",
      "quote_es": "debe ordenarse al ICE que dentro del plazo máximo de dos meses computados a partir de la firmeza de la presente sentencia, instruya los procedimientos legales debidos a fin de realizar las tasaciones económicas mediante los avalúos respectivos"
    },
    {
      "context": "Considerando XVI",
      "quote_en": "the claimant associates this moral damage with a circumstance that has not been duly proven in this proceeding, consisting of the disturbance derived from conduct he calls 'high-handed' on the part of ICE personnel",
      "quote_es": "el reclamante asocia ese daño moral a una circunstancia que no se ha acreditado de manera debida en este proceso, consistente en la perturbación derivada de un actuar que denomina 'prepotente' de parte de los personeros del ICE"
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  "body_es_text": "\"VI.- Sobre el régimen jurídico aplicable a la potestad expropiatoria y constitución de servidumbres del ICE.\n\n En virtud de lo alegado, se hace necesario presentar un breve repaso de las reglas que regulan la actividad de imposición de servidumbre de tendido eléctrico a favor del ICE. La dinámica misma de las acciones que emprende el ICE para el ejercicio de sus competencias prestacionales en el servicio de electricidad y telecomunicaciones, constituyen la base legitimante para la asignación de una potestad pública que le posibilita para expropiar los bienes requeridos para la satisfacción de ese interés público que se encuentra llamado a satisfacer. Pero además, justifica la imposición de servidumbres en los predios que sean necesarios para la realización de sus actividades. En esa línea, la Ley No. 6313 del 04 de enero de 1979 (Gaceta No. 14 del 19 de enero de 1979) Ley de Adquisiciones, Expropiaciones y Constitución de Servidumbres del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad, -reformada por la Ley No. 8660 del 29 de julio del 2008 (Alcance No. 31 a La Gaceta No. 156 del 13 de agosto del 2008)-, es precisamente esa norma especial que regula la dinámica expropiatoria de ese ente público, así como el procedimiento y reglas atinentes a la imposición de servidumbres. Esta fuente legal declara de utilidad pública los bienes inmuebles, derechos o intereses patrimoniales legítimos que requiera el ICE para el cumplimiento de sus cometidos legales (numerales 1 y 2). Esa normativa fija el procedimiento que ha de seguir el ICE en menesteres expropiatorios, tema que no es relevante en la especie. Basta para los efectos señalar que acorde al precepto 22 ejusdem, dichas disposiciones son aplicables a la imposición de servidumbres forzosas para el tendido de líneas eléctricas y de telecomunicaciones por parte del ICE. Ello supone que debe realizarse la tasación o avalúo que se encuentre especificado en las reglas del 2 al 7 y concordantes, de previo a disponer la constitución de la servidumbre, de manera tal que se incluya dentro de ese referente el parámetro indemnizatorio por la imposición de tal derecho real administrativo. Con todo, no es objeto de esta litis el tema del avalúo, siendo claro que esta causa estriba en la procedencia o no de la inscripción de ese derecho en el Registro Nacional y si existe o no un deber de indemnizar de parte del ICE. \n\n VII.- Sobre las servidumbres administrativas. Generalidades. Régimen jurídico. La servidumbre, según el derecho civil, es un derecho real, sobre un bien inmueble ajeno, en virtud del cual el propietario estará obligado a no hacer o a permitir que se haga en él algo en beneficio de otra persona o cosa. Desde este plano, se ha conceptualizado como un derecho real en cosa ajena, es decir, constituye un poder real sobre un predio ajeno para usarse parcialmente en algún aspecto, el propietario del inmueble sirviente tiene un límite en el ejercicio de su derecho de propiedad. Su regulación jurídica se encuentra positivizada en los ordinales 370 al 382 del Código Civil. Dentro de sus características, se pueden enunciar las siguientes: a) Es un derecho real: la cosa gravada es un inmueble de propiedad ajena (numeral 370 Código Civil); b) Es inseparable: es un derecho accesorio de un inmueble, por lo que es indisoluble (artículos 371 y 410 inciso 4 del Código Civil); c) Implica la existencia de dos inmuebles (canon 370 ejusdem); d) Es indivisible, siendo que aún y cuando el bien sirviente se divida entre dos o más dueños, no se modifica la servidumbre, imponiéndose el deber de tolerarla en la parte correspondiente. Si el dividido es el predio dominante, cada nuevo dueño goza de la servidumbre, sin aumentar el gravamen del previo sirviente (numeral 372 ibídem); e) En principio es un derecho perpetuo; f) Siempre se manifiesta a través de obligaciones de no hacer o de dejar hacer, no de obligaciones de hacer; g) Limita lo exclusivo de la propiedad, no lo absoluto; h) Utilidad; atiende a un criterio de utilidad, generando una ventaja a favor del predio dominante. i) No se pueden constituir en terreno propio (principio “Nemini Res Sua Servit”); j) Predialidad, solo un fundo es útil a otro, no pudiendo establecerse a cargo o a favor de una persona (precepto 370 ibidem). Sobre el particular puede verse de la Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, en el fallo 750 de las 16 horas 30 minutos del 2 de octubre del 2002. En cuanto a su tipología legal, pueden ser Aparentes y no aparentes (mandatos 378 y 379 ibídem), Continuas y discontinuas (378 y 379), Positivas y negativas, atendiendo a la imposición de obligaciones de dejar de hacer algo o bien, en las segundas, la prohibición de hacer conductas que de otro modo serían lícitas si la servidumbre no existiera; Forzosas y voluntarias (artículo 379, ejemplo: servidumbre de paso a fundo enclavado, canon 395 a 400 Código Civil). En la especifidad de las servidumbres administrativas, debe entenderse que la servidumbre administrativa es un Derecho Público real constituido por una entidad estatal sobre un inmueble ajeno, con el objeto de que éste sirva al uso público. A diferencia de la civil, su finalidad se encuentra direccionada al uso público y no a favorecer a un inmueble determinado por intereses particulares. Desde esta perspectiva, ante esta dimensión teleológica, se estila que se transforma en un bien de dominio público, con las características de ser inembargable, imprescriptible, e inalienable que le confiere el canon 262 del Código Civil. En cuanto a su forma de constitución, este tipo de servidumbres administrativas pueden ser constituidas por manifestación expresa de ley, por autorización ex legem , pero concretizadas por la Administración mediante un acto que las disponga. Empero, también pueden ser constituidas mediante acuerdo convencional, sea, por la concurrencia de voluntad entre el propietario del fundo sirviente al que se impone la servidumbre y la Administración particular que pretende constituirla. En determinados supuestos, el ordenamiento jurídico tolera que surjan mediante la cesión o bien por mera tolerancia (artículo 378 del Código Civil). Con todo, resulta claro que deben ser indemnizadas, dado que no tratan de una mera limitación a lo absoluto de la propiedad, como lo son las restricciones, sino de una afectación a la exclusividad del dominio, ergo, por su virtud el propietario pierde la exclusividad de un goce total sobre una parte, de la nuda propiedad (ver artículo 254 del Código Civil). Esta reparabilidad económica diferencia a las servidumbres de las meras restricciones administrativas, las que en orden a su generalidad, en tesis de principio, no son indemnizables, salvo que afecten sustancialmente el dominio, caso en el cual, se transforman en una expropiación de hecho, prevista en el canon 13 de la Ley de Expropiaciones. Por demás, resulta relevante indicar que la servidumbre no afecta la condición legal de titular de la cosa, estadio que se mantiene. Empero, si bien la servidumbre no priva al propietario del uso de la cosa, le obliga a tolerar el uso conjunto que la Autoridad pública efectúa a través de los actos concretos que se deben corresponder a la causa que le dio génesis. En ese tanto, el propietario puede utilizar el bien conforme a las condiciones que impone la ley, o bien, cuando sea convencional, a tono con las obligaciones que voluntariamente fueron pactadas, acuerdos que conforme al numeral 1022 del Código Civil, tendrán fuerza de ley entre las partes. Esto es fundamental, pues una servidumbre que enerve el derecho del propietario del uso de la cosa sustancialmente, supondría en el fondo una transferencia del bien a la totalidad del uso público, lo que llevaría, se insiste, a una expropiación de hecho y no de una servidumbre. Finalmente, la extinción de este tipo de figuras, el numeral 381 del Código Civil fija los motivos que las hacen fenecer. En ese sentido enlista las siguientes causas: a) Resolución del derecho, b) Cumplimiento del plazo o condición, si fue constituida a término o plazo, c) Por confusión, reunión de los predios sirviente y dominante en manos de un solo dueño, d) Remisión o renuncia del dueño del bien dominante, e) No uso durante tiempo necesario para prescribir y por venir los inmuebles a un estado en que no pueda usarse la servidumbre y f) por venir los predios a tal estado que no puede usarse de la servidumbre. En las servidumbres administrativas, se ha señalado que tal extinción sobreviene por disposición de ley, por desafectación, por afectación al dominio público del resto de la propiedad o bien por destrucción del fundo sirviente, o por deterioro o modificación que haga incompatible con el fin de la servidumbre administrativa. Por otro lado, tratándose de servidumbres constituidas a favor de entes públicos, la legalidad administrativa impone que su constitución se realice mediante la respectiva escritura pública, así como de la debida inscripción registral. En este sentido puede verse el fallo No. 64-2014-VI de este Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo, así como la resolución No. 966-F-2005 de las 14 horas 10 minutos del 15 de diciembre del 2005, de la Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de Justicia. \n\n VIII.- Sobre el contenido de la servidumbre en el caso concreto. Según se desprende de los autos, en el año de 1990, el IDA reunió un total de 9 fincas del asentamiento Alcoa, para asignar vía segregación una serie de parcelas, dentro de las cuales, la matrícula [Valor 038] (correspondiente al lote 4-2) fue asignada a José Blanco Valverde y a la señora Juana Navarro Vargas, quien para esas fechas era su esposa. Ulteriormente, se tiene que de esa finca, el accionante segregó en cabeza propia una serie de lotes, dentro del cual interesa a este proceso la matrícula [Valor 038]. De igual manera, se tiene que el 31 de agosto del 2009, el actor compró al señor José Blanco Valverde, un lote de terreno para construir, inscrito con la matrícula de Folio Real [Valor 030], segregado de la finca matrícula de Folio Real [Valor 038], con plano catastrado número [Valor 031], con una cabida de 500 metros cuadrados. Posteriormente, el 08 de febrero del 2016, adquirió de José Blanco Valverde, un terreno contiguo al señalado en el punto anterior, inscrito bajo matrícula de Folio Real [Valor 028], plano catastrado [Valor 029], segregado de la finca matrícula [Valor 038]. Al momento de adquirir las fincas del Partido de San José, matrículas de Folio Real [Valor 030] (plano catastrado [Valor 031]) y [Valor 028] (plano No. [Valor 029]), dichos inmuebles se encontraban afectados por la servidumbre trasladada inscrita bajo las citas registrales [Valor 041], que corresponde a una servidumbre de paso a pie, a caballo y con carreta hasta salir a la calle, a favor de la finca matrícula 1-86127, constituida en fecha 02 de julio de 1940. El demandante peticiona que se indemnice por la imposición de hecho de la servidumbre que afecta las fincas aludidas, expresando que, en esas fincas, existe una casa de habitación que se ve afectada por la existencia de esa servidumbre de hecho. En cuanto a esos reclamos, cabe traer a colación lo establecido por esta Sección Sexta en la sentencia No. 141-2018-VI de las 15 horas del 19 de noviembre del 2018, en la que se resolvió un reclamo similar al presente, justamente referido a la finca madre de la cual derivaron por segregación las propiedades del accionante, sea, finca [Valor 038]. Sobre los antecedentes de la composición de la servidumbre de marras, aspecto de suyo relevante para esta contienda, en ese fallo se expresó en lo medular: \n\n“VII.- Sobre el contenido de la servidumbre en el caso concreto. Tipología. Alcances. Según se desprende de los autos, en el año de 1990, el IDA reunió un total de 9 fincas del asentamiento Alcoa, para asignar vía segregación una serie de parcelas, dentro de las cuales, la matrícula [Valor 038] (correspondiente al lote 4-2) fue asignada a José Blanco Valverde y a la señora Juana Navarro Vargas, quien para esas fechas era su esposa. Ulteriormente, se tiene que de esa finca, el accionante segregó en cabeza propia una serie de lotes, dentro del cual interesa a este proceso la matrícula [Valor 038]. El demandante peticiona que se indemnice por la imposición de hecho de la servidumbre que afecta las fincas aludidas, así como de la construcción del sitio de torre. En ese sentido, señala que dentro de la finca [Valor 038] se encuentra el sitio de torre número T-122. A su vez, peticiona la reparación del daño al remanente. Sobre esa mención cabe advertir lo que de seguido se expone. Conforme lo establecía el artículo 70 de la Ley de Tierras y Colonización, No. 2825, vigente al momento de darse el proyecto Río Macho-San Isidro, el ITCO, luego IDA, estaba facultado para dotar tierras para obras de interés público. En ese sentido, la norma indicaba: \"El Instituto, los Ministerios de Obras Públicas Salubridad y Educación preferentemente, la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Municipalidades y demás Instituciones Autónomas afines, quedan facultadas para completar las dotaciones de tierras con la construcción de obras de vialidad, riego, saneamiento, asistencia médica, centros hospitalarios, vivienda, educación y otros servicios comunes.\" Esta regulación posibilitaba que dentro de estos terrenos se configuraran derechos de uso para la realización de obras de servicio público. Ahora, como parte del proyecto de Línea Eléctrica Río Macho-San Isidro, mediante el avalúo No. 521-82 del ICE, del 03 de noviembre de 1982, emitido para la obra Línea de Transmisión Río Macho-San Isidro, se tasó el valor asignado para efectos de servidumbre en las fincas propiedad del IDA, números 129321-208058, inscritas a tomos 1465-2084, folios 390-339, asientos 6-2, con un área de 40 hectáreas 1973.25 metros cuadrados y 20 hectáreas 2867.19 metros cuadrados, respectivamente. En cuanto al derecho de servidumbre se señaló que se imponía sobre la propiedad del IDA, en una franja de 20 metros de ancho, por una longitud de 745 metros, para un área total afectada de 1 hectárea 4900 metros cuadrados, rumbo norte a sur. Considerando la colocación de tres sitios de torre, el valor total de la servidumbre determinado en ese momento fue de ¢7.460.00 (siete mil cuatrocientos sesenta colones). (Folios 197-199 del principal). Luego, Mediante el avalúo No. 30-86 aprobado por el ICE el 15 de abril de 1986, se realiza tasación de servidumbre a imponer sobre propiedad del IDA para efectos del proyecto de línea de transmisión Río Macho San Isidro. En el aparte de detalles generales del inmueble se indica que fue propiedad de Alcoa de Costa Rica S.A., quien vendió al Estado y éste cedió al IDA, encontrándose a esa fecha dividida en parcelas, arrendadas a diferentes personas. En ese avalúo se estableció un área a afectar de 20 metros de ancho por 745 metros de largo, para una superficie total de 1 hectárea 4900 metros cuadrados. En el aparte de línea de transmisión se detalló que afectaba las parcelas 1, 2, 3 y 4 del bloque 4-A de Alcoa. Se asignó un valor total del derecho de servidumbre de ¢29.820.00 (veintinueve mil ochocientos veinte colones). En ese instrumento se apreció que la servidumbre se localizarían tres puestos de torre, a saber: T121, T122 y T123. Ese avalúo fue aprobado por el Consejo Directivo del ICE en la resolución 2502, sesión 3773 del 15 de abril de 1986, artículo 9, inciso 8). En ese acuerdo se señaló que la servidumbre era para el paso de la red eléctrica, con un ancho de 10 metros a cada lado de la línea de centro, sea, 20 metros en total, con una longitud de 745 metros, para un área total de servidumbre de 1 hectárea 4900 metros cuadrados. (Imágenes 496-510 del principal) De igual manera, se tiene que en fecha 24 de septiembre de 1987 el ICE emite orden de pago a favor del IDA, por un monto de ¢29.820.00 (veintinueve mil ochocientos veinte colones), con el siguiente detalle: “Para pagarle el valor del derecho de servidumbre sobre la finca de San José, situada en Pérez Zeledón, como consecuencia del paso de la L.T Río Macho-San Isidro. Ver avalúo No. 30-86, aprobado por el Consejo Directivo en sesión No. 3373 del 15/4/86. ENTREGAR CHEQUE AL DEPARTAMENTO LEGAL.”. (Imagen 505 del principal) Como se ha detallado, ambas fincas respecto de las cuales se emitió el citado avalúo (matrículas 129321 y 208058), formaban parte de los 9 inmuebles que fueron reunidos por el IDA en la escritura otorgada el 18 de agosto de 1990, mediante la cual, se segregaron una serie de parcelas dentro del proyecto Alcoa. En concreto, en lo que viene relevante a la presente causa, este Tribunal ha establecido dentro del elenco de hechos acreditados que mediante la escritura pública número 18 otorgada ante los notarios públicos Marta Eugenia Solano Arias y Julio Sánchez Carvajal, actuando en el protocolo de la primera, de fecha 18 de agosto de 1990, el entonces representante del IDA, señor Carlos Prendas Lépiz, reunió una serie de fincas, dentro de las cuales se encuentran matrículas del Partido de San José 78649-000, 86127-000, 123458-000, 123460-000, 129321-000, 180282-000, 208058-000, 216143-000, 220772-000 y 111976-000. De igual manera, en el numeral cuarto de dicha escritura pública, se segregaron lotes para el proyecto denominado Alcoa cuatro, dentro del cual, el lote cuatro-dos, terreno para agricultura, sito en el distrito tercero del cantón 19 de la Provincia de San José, con una cabida de 12 hectáreas 3.069 metros 57 decímetros cuadrados, por partes iguales al señor José Blanco Valverde y la señora Juana Navarro Vargas. En esa escritura pública se estableció que todos los adquirentes aceptaban la venta de cada parcela segregada y quedaban entendidos de que aquellas se realizaban aceptando limitaciones, dentro de las cuales, la cláusula identificada con la letra “CH)” dispuso: “CH) Que el Estado tendrá derecho en cualquier momento a tomar hasta un doce por ciento de las áreas enajenadas para ejercitar en ellas las servidumbres de tránsito necesarias para la construcción y vigilancia de toda clase de vías de comunicación y aprovechamiento de fuerzas hidroeléctricas, así como la construcción y vigilancia de líneas telegráficas y telefónicas; al uso de los terrenos indispensables para la construcción de puentes y muelles; a la extracción de materiales para esas mismas obras, al aprovechamiento de los cursos de agua que fueren precisos para el abastecimiento de poblaciones, abrevaderos de ganado, regadío o cualesquiera otros usos de interés general. Por las áreas que tome para los fines indicados, el Estado pagará el precio original de compra y el valor de las mejoras necesarias y útiles.”. (Imágenes 105-108, 520-609 del principal) En ese sentido, en la misma escritura de asignación de ese inmueble, se advirtió sobre la posibilidad de imponer servidumbres, aspecto que coincidía gramaticalmente con el numeral 70 de la Ley No. 2825, vigente en ese momento, y que fija las mismas condiciones de limitaciones administrativas reflejadas en el convenio suscrito. Ergo, desde la adquisición de esa parcela en 1990, siendo que el proyecto Río Macho-San Isidro, los adquirentes conocían de esa eventualidad.” \n\n Esa referencia resulta necesaria por cuanto pone en evidencia la situación que le fue propia a la finca madre y que, por derivación, se traslada a las fincas que fueron segregadas a favor del petente. Desde ese plano, es claro que, a la fecha de adquisición, ya la disposición por parte del ICE respecto del uso del espacio para el tendido eléctrico de alta tensión, era materialmente evidente y notoria. Empero, a diferencia de lo que expresa la representación del ente accionado, es sola circunstancia no suprime la pertinencia ni procedencia de las reclamaciones formuladas en esta contienda. \n\n IX.- Ahora bien, la misma parte accionante señala que, a l momento de adquirir las fincas del Partido de San José, matrículas de Folio Real [Valor 030] (plano catastrado [Valor 031]) y [Valor 028] (plano No. [Valor 029]), dichos inmuebles se encontraban afectados por la servidumbre trasladada inscrita bajo las citas registrales [Valor 041]\n\n, servidumbre de paso a pie, a caballo y con carreta hasta salir a la calle, a favor de la finca matrícula 1-86127, constituida en fecha 02 de julio de 1940. De igual manera, servidumbre traslada citas 0382-00007487-01-0817-002, y servidumbre trasladada citas 0382-00007487-01-0818-001. Sin embargo, luego del análisis de los autos y de una revisión de las diversas posturas emitidas en torno a los procesos en los que, como el presente, se ha pretendido la reparación de orden civil por lo que se ha considerado, una servidumbre de hecho, este Tribunal reitera su postura sostenida en el precitado fallo No. 141-2018-VI, en el sentido que, del análisis de esas citas registrales, si bien imponen una servidumbre trasladada, su contenido no permite desprender que se refiera a la servidumbre de tendido eléctrico que fuese objeto de consideración en el avalúo 30-86 levantado en su oportunidad por el ICE para la obra Línea de Transmisión Río Macho-San Isidro [...]\n\nDesde ese plano, ese detalle registral no permite tener como aspecto acreditado que en la inscripción de la parcela 4-2, asignada al señor Blanco Valverde, de la cual nación la finca [Valor 038], y que ulteriormente, llevó a la segregación de las matrículas adquiridas por el petente, implicara la consigna registral de imposición de una servidumbre relacionada con la línea de transmisión eléctrica del citado proyecto Río Macho-San Isidro, pues la que se registra con las citas [Valor 041], refiere a los términos ya señalados. Ahora, del análisis objetivo de los autos se desprende que no ha mediado la aceptación expresa de la servidumbre objeto de reproche, de parte de quien en su momento histórico era el legítimo propietario del inmueble sobre el cual se impuso esa limitación, en concreto el IDA, conforme a la permisibilidad que le daba el numeral 70 de la Ley No. 2825. Del análisis del avalúo administrativo 30-86 ya referido tu supra, se pone de manifiesto que el ICE, en su oportunidad, hizo un análisis de las implicaciones de la imposición de esa servidumbre en los terrenos que ocuparían los sitios de torre T-121, T-122 y T-123, ergo, atinentes a la heredad del accionante, que se corresponde, según él mismo indica, con el sitio de torre 122. Los avalúos aportados por el ente accionado son de noviembre de 1982 y abril de 1986, el más reciente y concretamente este último, el 30-86, en el que se realiza un detalle de la zona sobre la cual se constituye la servidumbre, que permite hacer la coincidencia geográfica con la franja de terreno cuya reparación ahora se pretende. Ambos aluden a la finca de la cual emerge la heredad titularidad del petente, obtenida en el año 1990, fecha en la cual, ya el IDA había otorgado la servidumbre a favor del ICE.\n\nSobre este aspecto, cabe destacar que en fecha 18 de agosto del 1990, cuando el IDA opta por gestionar la reunión de fincas y segregación de parcelas, dentro de las cuales, se encuentra la del accionante, ya era físicamente evidente la existencia de esa servidumbre, dada la naturaleza aparente de esa afectación. Siendo que la finca matrícula Folio Real 623027-000 fue segregada de la finca [Valor 038], y luego, de esta heredad surgieron las matrículas [Valor 030] (plano catastrado [Valor 031]) y [Valor 028] (plano No. [Valor 029]), esa particularidad de conocimiento previo de la existencia material de la servidumbre y del proyecto de Línea de Transmisión Río Macho San Isidro, igualmente se presentaba. Sin embargo, es claro que la sola evidencia de servidumbre no dice de la legitimidad de su existencia, pues sería menester la anuencia expresa del propietario del fundo sirviente, así como las eventuales indemnizaciones oportunas derivadas de esas limitaciones voluntarias, aspecto que de seguido se analiza.\n\nX.- Ahora bien, ese recuento fáctico pone en evidencia que en su momento oportuno, el ICE constituyó la servidumbre de paso de línea-aérea, a partir de lo cual, es claro que surge desde ese momento histórico el derecho de paso de línea eléctrica sobre la zona referida, que en ese tanto se constituyó en el fundo sirviente de la servidumbre de paso a favor del ICE. Esa servidumbre, en la medida en que supone la colocación de torres de cableado eléctrico, implica la posibilidad del ICE de ingresar al área de afectación para dar el mantenimiento debido a esa infraestructura. Con todo, si bien al momento en que accionante adquirió sus inmuebles por la vía de la segregación en agosto del 2009y febrero del 2016, la cláusula CH) de la escritura de segregación advertía al adquirente la posibilidad de afectar la propiedad con ese tipo de proyectos u obras, lo cierto del caso es que la valoración de las probanzas aportadas a esta causa no permite establecer que en ese instrumento se manifestara la intención directa de imponer una servidumbre a favor del ICE respecto del citado proyecto, y que esa limitación fuese trasladada a las parcelas que fueron segregadas. A diferencia de otros casos resueltos por este Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo, Sección VI, en los cuales, se estableció la existencia registral de ese tipo de servidumbre, en esta causa, se han aportado documentos emitidos por la sede registral administrativa, en los cuales, se deja constancia de que esa servidumbre que se registra en las citas [Valor 041], no coincide con el tipo de afectación que afirma el ICE fue constituida en ese asiento registral. Tales piezas, por el contrario, ponen en evidencia que esa servidumbre se trata de una permisibilidad de paso a pie, caballo o carreta, pero que no guarda relación alguna con una atinente a tendido eléctrico. Desde esa arista de examen, desde el plano registral no existe elemento alguno que pusiera en posibilidad objetiva al adquirente, de conocer sobre la existencia de esa limitación administrativa. Desde luego que es claro que siendo que a la fecha de adquirir (2009 y 2016) , ya el proyecto en cuestión se encontraba en construcción (pues arrancó en el año 1984), al tratarse de una servidumbre de líneas de transmisión eléctrica, se trata de una servidumbre aparente, por lo cual, desde la arista físico visual, el demandante estaba en la posibilidad de conocer la existencia de esa limitación, máxime al considerar que el proyecto Río Macho-San Isidro es de 1983. Sin embargo, esa sola existencia material no dice de la improcedencia de las pretensiones indemnizatorias formuladas. En efecto, al tenor de lo que se ha expuesto arriba, la implementación de ese tipo de servidumbres exige, bien la consigna registral de su existencia al momento de constituirse la adquisición del dominio sobre el bien afectado, o bien, en el caso de las aparentes, acreditar con la contundencia debida que han sido indemnizadas al original propietario. Para tales efectos, el ICE aporta como soporte de su postura, tanto en la negativa a la demanda como en la justificación de la contrademanda que plantea (así como de la causa acumulada a esta carpeta), detalle de las tasaciones administrativas realizadas en su oportunidad para reconocer al entonces IDA por las afectaciones objeto de controversia. En esa dimensión,mediante el avalúo No. 30-86 aprobado por el ICE el 15 de abril de 1986, se realiza tasación de servidumbre a imponer sobre propiedad del IDA para efectos del proyecto de línea de transmisión Río Macho San Isidro. En el aparte de detalles generales del inmueble se indica que fue propiedad de ALCOA de Costa Rica S.A., quien vendió al Estado y éste cedió al IDA, encontrándose a esa fecha dividida en parcelas, arrendadas a diferentes personas [...]\n\nSin embargo, no existe en este proceso una sola probanza que permita conjeturar que la imposición de esa servidumbre haya sido aceptada y cancelada a la persona propietaria de los bienes sirvientes, aspecto que es determinante en el análisis del objeto de este proceso, en la medida en que, la indemnización reclamada se condiciona de manera directa a la definición de si esa servidumbre fue efectivamente cancelada a favor de quien en su momento la aceptó u otorgó. Solamente con ese presupuesto de base podría justificarse una oponibilidad y deber de aceptación de la servidumbre a quien adquiere de manera sobrevenida una heredad sobre la que pesa ese tipo de afectación por causas de interés público. Sin embargo, las pruebas aludidas lo que muestran es la existencia de una tasación económica para realizar una reparación civil por la servidumbre comentada, realizada en 1986. Nótese que el oficio FSA-0183-2019 del 06 de marzo del 2019, emitido por el INDER, no alude a que, en su oportunidad, el ICE cancelara por esa servidumbre, sino que se limita a externar criterios propios sobre las razones por las cuales, ese pago, a los actuales propietarios, es improcedente. Desde ese plano, no tiene la virtud de rebatir el criterio mencionado sobre el pago debido de la servidumbre impuesta. Ese oficio afirma, sin el detalle debido, que, en su oportunidad, el IDA aceptó la constitución de la citada servidumbre, empero, no se ofrece ni indica el detalle concreto del acto o documento en el que ese ente haya mostrado dicha anuencia. De esa manera, el tracto sucesivo que postula ese oficio, no puede tenerse por establecido, por cuanto, como se ha dicho, las citas registrales ya mencionadas no permiten derivar la existencia de ese gravamen, en los términos que afirma el ICE y que señala dicho oficio [...]\n\nSi bien puede colegirse que la anuencia de paso por parte del IDA, como se ha señalado, no existe prueba que permita sostener la anotación registral de esa servidumbre, de suerte que los ulteriores adquirentes tuvieran que soportar las acciones del ICE en torno a la operación y mantenimiento de las obras propias del proyecto de línea de transmisión Río Macho-San Isidro, dado que las citas registrales sobre las cuales el ICE alega esa condición, ya se ha tenido por acreditado, mediante constancias emitidas por el mismo Registro Nacional, que no se refieren a esa servidumbre, sino a una muy diversa que no se relaciona, en modo alguno, con ese proyecto. De esa manera, atendiendo a los deberes probatorios que operan dentro de un proceso de esta índole, es el ICE quien debe acreditar de manera solvente la concurrencia de esos presupuestos sobre los cuales pretende hacer negar el derecho de indemnización que formula el demandante, lo que en definitiva no logra establecer con las pruebas aportadas, ni con sus argumentos. Incluso, la presentación y posterior desistimiento de las dirigencias de expropiación referidas ut supra, pone en evidencia una serie de deficiencias en los registros de información y de documentación de parte de ese ente público en cuanto al proyecto de marras. No pone en duda alguna esta Cámara la relevancia pública de ese proyecto, pero ello no implica que pueda imponerse a un adquirente los efectos materiales y jurídicos de una servidumbre que no se ha demostrado haber sido constituida de manera legítima y acorde a legalidad [...]\n\nPues bien, luego del análisis arriba expuesto, considera este Tribunal que en la medida en que no existe la anotación registral de constitución de la servidumbre a favor del ICE, a la vez que no se desprende el pago de esa afectación, no puede tenerse por satisfecho el trámite que impone la Ley No. 6313 para la imposición de ese tipo de gravámenes, y de esa manera, pese a lo aparente de la servidumbre, por la notoriedad física de su existencia, no puede colegirse su oponibilidad a terceros adquirentes y a partir de ello, negar las indemnizaciones que se peticionan. En efecto, del análisis de los autos, el ICE no ha logrado acreditar con la contundencia debida la constitución de la servidumbre de la naturaleza y condición que materialmente pesa sobre la propiedad del actor, sino que además tampoco se ha establecido su respaldo registral, lo que en sí mismo pone en evidencia incorrecciones sustanciales en la configuración y funcionamiento de este tipo de gravámenes. Lo anterior en virtud de que siendo que la servidumbre constituye, como se ha expuesto arriba, una limitación que se impone a un inmueble, que impide al titular del dominio la realización de un conjunto de acciones relativas a su heredad, es necesario, como presupuesto de su legitimidad, que se haya aceptado de parte del titular del fundo sirviente, y que se haya constituido de conformidad con las normas legales que rigen ese aspecto. De ahí que en orden a la legalidad de los procedimientos, en la medida en que al tenor del artículo 2 de la Ley 6313 existe una declaratoria de interés público respecto de todas las obras del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad atinentes al cumplimiento de sus fines legales, la imposición de una servidumbre como la analizada exigía de la realización del correspondiente avalúo (artículo 2 de la citada Ley número 6313), y comunicado ese acto al titular de ese inmueble (artículo 7 de la misma Ley, y 140 de la Ley General de la Administración Pública). Esas conductas fueron realizadas respecto de la heredad que ahora se debate, empero, el accionante no aceptó la tasación realizada por el ente público. \n\nDel análisis de las pruebas aportadas a este proceso se tiene que el ICE formuló proceso de expropiación contra el señor José Blanco Valverde, proceso tramitado bajo el expediente No. 12-000483-1028-CA ante el Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo y Civil de Hacienda, a efectos de imponer servidumbre sobre la finca matrícula de Folio Real 1-623027-000, así como indemnizar el daño remanente y el sitio de torre a ubicar como parte del proyecto Línea de Transmisión Río Macho- San Isidro. No obstante, en escrito del 04 de noviembre del 2013 dentro del proceso de expropiación 12-000483-1028-CA, el mandatario del ICE desistió del citado proceso, indicando para esos efectos: “Con fundamento en los estudios técnicos, así como, los estudios de antecedentes realizados por mi representada, se logró establecer que dichos terrenos ya fueron indemnizados y que no se está haciendo cambio o ampliación alguna respecto de la servidumbre que se constituyó con el Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA) mediante el avalúo administrativo número 30-1986 y que consta como carga de la adjudicación de los terrenos del (sic) dicha institución del año 1990. (…)”. Mediante el auto de las 14 horas 42 minutos del 04 de noviembre del 2013, el Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo tuvo por desistido el proceso de diligencias de expropiación, expediente 12-000483-1028-CA. Ante ello, el 21 de noviembre del 2013, el ICE peticiona continuar con las diligencias. En escrito del 08 de abril del 2015, pide que se modifique el objeto de las diligencias de expropiación, al considerar que no resultaba procedente indemnizar la servidumbre ni el sitio de torre, sino solamente el camino de acceso para dar mantenimiento a la torre, por cuanto esa servidumbre había sido constituida por el original propietario en 1980, sea, el entonces ITCO, gestión que fue rechazada por auto de las 09 horas del 27 de mayo del 2015. En escrito del 14 de agosto del 2015, el ICE indica que con fundamento en los argumentos expuestos en escrito recibido el 08 de abril del 2015, solicitó el desistimiento del proceso expropiatorio, sin condenatoria en costas. Por auto de las 11 horas 26 minutos del 19 de agosto del 2015, el Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo tuvo por desistida la expropiación y señaló que en lo relativo al avalúo administrativo, cualquier arreglo entre las partes debía hacerse en la vía que consideraran más conveniente. Lo expuesto pone en evidencia que si bien el ICE promovió los trámites que le impone la ley para la imposición de la servidumbre al petente, luego determinó desistir de ese proceso, bajo la postura de que ese derecho ya había sido indemnizado, aspecto que como se ha expuesto, no se ha podido establecer. Por ende, el trámite de expropiación aludido no puede tenerse por satisfecho y siendo que no se ha podido comprobar la constitución registral de la servidumbre en cuestión, como tampoco el pago efectivo en su oportunidad al IDA, es menester declarar el deber del ICE (y correspondiente derecho del actor) de instruir las acciones de expropiación debidas a efectos de reparar al titular de esa finca por las limitaciones que materialmente pesan sobre su heredad, considerando para esos efectos, las implicaciones materiales y jurídicas de la servidumbre. Desde ese plano, de conformidad con el análisis presentado en esta sentencia, debe ordenarse al ICE que dentro del plazo máximo de dos meses computados a partir de la firmeza de la presente sentencia, instruya los procedimientos legales debidos a fin de realizar las tasaciones económicas mediante los avalúos respectivos, y procedimientos que permitan la indemnización del justiprecio y eventual expropiación al accionante de la afectación que el proyecto de Línea Eléctrica Río Macho-San Isidro le produce en el bien inmueble de su propiedad. En ese orden, es menester considerar dentro de la fijación de ese justiprecio, la existencia de la servidumbre y las limitaciones que sobre esos terrenos se imponen, y cualquier otro aspecto que acorde a la Ley No. 6313, sea de rigor comprender dentro de la determinación del justiprecio que corresponda. Por otro lado, cabe señalar que dicha tasación deberá realizarse considerando la afectación en la finca del partido de San José matrícula de Folio Real [Valor 026], plano catastrado [Valor 027], cabida de setecientos cincuenta metros cuadrados, dado que, se ha tenido por acreditado, que esa heredad surgió de la segregación del 50% del inmueble [Valor 028] y su respectiva reunión con la finca [Valor 030] [...]\n\n XVI.- Por otro lado, se reclama el pago de daño moral subjetivo en los siguientes términos: “ DAÑO MORAL SUBJETIVO. Consiste en el dolor, la angustia, el sufrimiento, la zozobra, la prepotencia del ICE en entrar y salir de mi propiedad a dar mantenimiento a la línea eléctrica, sin pedir permiso, haciendo ver que la franja de terreno utilizada como servidumbre fuese del ICE, lo que me produjo junto a mi familia, una gran inestabilidad emocional. Estimación prudencial, cinco millones de colones, para efectos del artículo 58 inciso E del CPCA.” El radio de cobertura de las normas y principios que integran y constituyen la responsabilidad civil extracontractual de la Administración Pública, trasciende la reparación de daños eminentemente materiales, para incluir dentro de su área de tutela, los daños de naturaleza extrapatrimonial, lo que surge como consecuencia natural de un tipo de responsabilidad que se afinca en el daño y el riesgo. Lo anterior encuentra fundamento en la doctrina del canon 41 constitucional, al establecer el principio de reparación integral del daño, que a modo de derecho se confiere a las personas en su marco individual, en su propiedad o bien, en sus intereses morales. Se trata del resguardo debido de las infracciones a la situación jurídica de la persona, que incluye, su haber patrimonial, pero además, su esfera interna. Así en efecto se colige del numeral 197 de la Ley General de la Administración Pública, norma que dispone: “Cabrá responsabilidad por el daño de bienes puramente morales, lo mismo que por el padecimiento moral y el dolor físico causados por la muerte o por la lesión proferida, respectivamente.” Así las cosas, es evidente que el daño moral se verifica cuando se lesiona la esfera de interés extrapatrimonial del individuo. Sin embargo, teniendo en claro que su vulneración puede generar consecuencias patrimoniales, bien puede ser cuantificado. Por tanto, ha de distinguir entre daño moral subjetivo y daño moral objetivo. Sobre el tema, es abundante la jurisprudencia patria. Puede verse, entre muchas, la sentencia 316-f-2006 de la Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de Justicia, que explica que: “VIII.- El daño moral (llamado en doctrina también incorporal, extrapatrimonial, de afección, etc.) se verifica cuando se lesiona la esfera de interés extrapatrimonial del individuo, empero como su vulneración puede generar consecuencias patrimoniales, cabe distinguir entre daño moral subjetivo \"puro\", o de afección, y daño moral objetivo u \"objetivado\". El daño moral subjetivo se produce cuando se ha lesionado un derecho extrapatrimonial, sin repercutir en el patrimonio, suponiendo normalmente una perturbación injusta de las condiciones anímicas del individuo (disgusto, desánimo, desesperación, pérdida de satisfacción de vivir, etc., vg. el agravio contra el honor, la dignidad, la intimidad, el llamado daño a la vida en relación, aflicción por la muerte de un familiar o ser querido, etc.). (…) En suma el daño moral consiste en dolor o sufrimiento físico, psíquico, de afección o moral infligido con un hecho ilícito. Normalmente el campo fértil del daño moral es el de los derechos de la personalidad cuando resultan conculcados.” Sobre su cuantificación y prueba, por su naturaleza misma, no requiere de una prueba directa, sea, es de valoración equitativa del juzgador. Esto obedece a que se trata de una afectación que se produce en el seno interno de la persona. En relación, la Sala Primera de previa mención, en sentencia no. 537 de las 10 horas 40 minutos del 3 de septiembre del 2003, señaló: “…Se deduce a través de las presunciones inferidas de indicios, ya que, el hecho generador antijurídico pone de manifiesto el daño moral, pues cuando se daña la psiquis, la salud, la integridad física, el honor, la intimidad, etc. es fácil inferir el daño, por ello se dice que la prueba del daño moral existe “in re ipsa”. Tampoco se debe probar su valor porque no tiene un valor concreto. Se valora prudencialmente. No se trata, entonces, de cuantificar el sufrimiento, pues es inapreciable, sino de fijar una compensación monetaria a su lesión, único mecanismo al cual puede acudir el derecho, para así reparar, al menos en parte, su ofensa.”. Aún esto, es criterio de este órgano colegiado que si bien su otorgamiento no se encuentra condicionado o sujeto a factores probatorios, no sucede lo mismo cuando se trata de establecer el nexo causal que permite solicitarlo. Es decir, la relación de causalidad que permitiría entender por ocurrido el daño moral subjetivo, debe ser acreditada, al menos, con la vinculación de un proceder o inercia pública como fuente causante de la lesión interna. Por otra parte, pese a esta dispensa demostrativa aludida, su fijación está sujeta a los principios de razonabilidad y de proporcionalidad. De ahí que en cada caso, la autoridad jurisdiccional debe ponderar las particularidades y alcances del conflicto, a efectos de que su otorgamiento y cuantificación se ajuste a dichos criterios rectores y no desemboque en indemnizaciones excesivas que lleven a beneficios injustificados. Ergo, su fijación ha de guardar un justo equilibrio derivado del cuadro fáctico específico. Pues bien, en la especie, se ha establecido que el ICE no concretó la imposición de la servidumbre en la propiedad del accionante mediante la formalización registral debida, como tampoco la reparación previa que hubiera permitido la oponibilidad de esa limitación al accionante sin derecho de reparación alguno. Sobre los parámetros de tasación del daño moral subjetivo, en el fallo No. 080-2019-VI de las 14 horas 20 minutos del 28 de junio del 2019, fijó una serie de pautas que imponen aspectos de necesaria consideración para racionalizar las definiciones en cuanto a dicho tipo de lesiones. Un elemento fundamental es el necesario establecimiento y claridad de las circunstancias antecedentes que se constituyen o consideran como causa adecuada del daño reclamado. En ese sentido, el demandante señala que la fuente del padecimiento fue “… la prepotencia del ICE en entrar y salir de mi propiedad a dar mantenimiento a la línea eléctrica, sin pedir permiso, haciendo ver que la franja de terreno utilizada como servidumbre fuese del ICE, lo que me produjo junto a mi familia, una gran inestabilidad emocional…”. Al margen del reconocimiento del derecho del accionante de obtener la retribución por la servidumbre de hecho que pesa sobre su propiedad, lo cierto del caso es que el reclamante asocia ese daño moral a una circunstancia que no se ha acreditado de manera debida en este proceso, consistente en la perturbación derivada de un actuar que denomina “prepotente” de parte de los personeros del ICE, al ingresar y salir de su propiedad. Este tema es uno que no ha sido acreditado ni abordado en modo alguno por la parte reclamante, y que, si bien se puede anticipar que dentro de un contexto lógico, es factible que atendiendo al tipo de obra civil que pasa sobre la propiedad del petente, deba darse mantenimiento a la línea eléctrica, y que ello llevaría, por tesis de principio, a la necesidad de ingresar a la propiedad sirviente, lo cierto del caso es que la demanda es ayuna por completo en cuanto a las indicaciones o elementos de convicción que permitan fijar algún tipo de consideración en torno a la existencia o no de esos reproches en que se sustenta el daño objeto de estudio. Nótese que, en el contexto de la demanda, la causa a la que se atribuye esa lesión es justamente a esas supuestas conductas y no a otras circunstancias. Ergo, al tenor del principio de congruencia procesal, regulado en el ordinal 119 del CPCA, no podría este Tribunal sustentar el análisis de este reclamo en consideraciones que no fueron expresamente formuladas por la parte proponente, ni mucho menos, especular sobre relaciones causales no expuestas. Así las cosas, se dispone el rechazo del daño bajo examen [...]\".",
  "body_en_text": "**VI.- On the legal regime applicable to the ICE’s expropriation power and constitution of easements.**\n\nBy virtue of what has been alleged, it is necessary to present a brief review of the rules that regulate the activity of imposing an electric line easement in favor of ICE. The very dynamic of the actions undertaken by ICE for the exercise of its service-provision competencies in electricity and telecommunications constitutes the legitimizing basis for the assignment of a public power that enables it to expropriate the assets required to satisfy the public interest it is called upon to satisfy. But furthermore, it justifies the imposition of easements on the properties necessary for carrying out its activities. In that line, Law No. 6313 of January 4, 1979 (Gaceta No. 14 of January 19, 1979), the Law of Acquisitions, Expropriations, and Constitution of Easements of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad—amended by Law No. 8660 of July 29, 2008 (Alcance No. 31 to La Gaceta No. 156 of August 13, 2008)—is precisely that special norm that regulates the expropriation dynamics of that public entity, as well as the procedure and rules relevant to the imposition of easements. This legal source declares of public utility the real property, rights, or legitimate patrimonial interests required by ICE for the fulfillment of its legal duties (articles 1 and 2). That regulation establishes the procedure that ICE must follow in expropriation matters, a subject that is not relevant in this case. It is sufficient for these purposes to point out that according to article 22 of the same law, said provisions are applicable to the imposition of forced easements for the laying of electric and telecommunications lines by ICE. This implies that the valuation or appraisal specified in rules 2 to 7 and concordant rules must be carried out prior to ordering the constitution of the easement, such that the indemnification parameter for the imposition of this administrative real right is included within that reference. However, the subject of appraisal is not the object of this litigation, it being clear that this case revolves around the appropriateness or not of the registration of that right in the National Registry and whether or not there exists a duty to indemnify on the part of ICE.\n\n**VII.- On administrative easements. Generalities. Legal regime.**\nThe easement, according to civil law, is a real right, over another's real property, by virtue of which the owner shall be obligated not to do or to permit something to be done on it for the benefit of another person or thing. From this standpoint, it has been conceptualized as a real right in another's property, that is, it constitutes a real power over someone else's property to partially use it in some aspect; the owner of the servient real property has a limit on the exercise of their property right. Its legal regulation is codified in articles 370 to 382 of the Civil Code. Among its characteristics, the following can be stated: a) It is a real right: the encumbered thing is real property belonging to another (article 370 Civil Code); b) It is inseparable: it is an accessory right of a real property, and therefore is indissoluble (articles 371 and 410, subsection 4 of the Civil Code); c) It implies the existence of two real properties (article 370 of the same law); d) It is indivisible, meaning that even when the servient property is divided between two or more owners, the easement is not modified, and the duty to tolerate it is imposed on the corresponding part. If the dominant property is divided, each new owner enjoys the easement without increasing the encumbrance on the previous servient property (article 372 ibidem); e) In principle, it is a perpetual right; f) It is always manifested through obligations of not doing or allowing to do, not obligations to act; g) It limits the exclusivity of the property, not its absolute nature; h) Utility; it attends to a criterion of utility, generating an advantage in favor of the dominant property; i) They cannot be constituted on one’s own land (principle “Nemini Res Sua Servit”); j) Prediality, only one tract of land is useful to another, and it cannot be established as a burden on or in favor of a person (article 370 ibidem). On this subject, see the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, ruling 750 of 4:30 p.m. on October 2, 2002. Regarding its legal typology, they can be Apparent and non-apparent (articles 378 and 379 ibidem), Continuous and discontinuous (articles 378 and 379), Positive and negative, regarding either the imposition of obligations to refrain from doing something, or, in the latter case, the prohibition of conduct that would otherwise be lawful if the easement did not exist; Forced and voluntary (article 379, example: easement of passage to a landlocked tract, articles 395 to 400 Civil Code).\n\nIn the specificity of administrative easements, it must be understood that the administrative easement is a real Public Right constituted by a state entity over another’s real property, for the purpose of making it serve public use. Unlike the civil easement, its purpose is directed toward public use and not toward benefiting a specific property for private interests. From this perspective, given this teleological dimension, it is customary that it transforms into a public domain asset, with the characteristics of being unattachable, imprescriptible, and inalienable conferred by article 262 of the Civil Code. Regarding their form of constitution, this type of administrative easement can be constituted by express manifestation of law, by authorization ex lege, but materialized by the Administration through an act that orders them. However, they can also be constituted by conventional agreement, that is, by the concurrence of will between the owner of the servient tract on which the easement is imposed and the specific Administration seeking to constitute it. In certain cases, the legal system tolerates their arising through cession or by mere tolerance (article 378 of the Civil Code). However, it is clear that they must be indemnified, given that they do not deal with a mere limitation on the absoluteness of property, as restrictions are, but with an affectation of the exclusivity of the domain, ergo, by virtue of it the owner loses the exclusivity of total enjoyment over a part of the bare ownership (see article 254 of the Civil Code). This economic reparability differentiates easements from mere administrative restrictions, which, in order of their generality, are in principle not indemnifiable, unless they substantially affect the domain, in which case, they transform into a de facto expropriation, provided for in article 13 of the Expropriations Law. Furthermore, it is relevant to indicate that an easement does not affect the legal condition of titleholder of the thing, a status that is maintained. However, while an easement does not deprive the owner of the use of the thing, it obligates them to tolerate the joint use that the public Authority carries out through the concrete acts that must correspond to the cause that gave it origin. In this regard, the owner may use the asset according to the conditions imposed by law, or, when conventional, in accordance with the obligations that were voluntarily agreed upon, agreements which, according to article 1022 of the Civil Code, shall have the force of law between the parties. This is fundamental, because an easement that substantially weakens the owner’s right to use the thing would essentially imply a transfer of the asset to the totality of public use, which would lead, it is insisted, to a de facto expropriation and not an easement.\n\nFinally, regarding the extinction of this type of figure, article 381 of the Civil Code sets out the reasons that cause them to cease. In that sense, it lists the following causes: a) Resolution of the right, b) Fulfillment of the term or condition, if it was constituted for a period or subject to a condition, c) By confusion, the reunion of the servient and dominant properties in the hands of a single owner, d) Remission or waiver by the owner of the dominant property, e) Non-use during the time necessary to prescribe and the real properties reaching a state where the easement cannot be used, and f) the properties reaching such a state that the easement cannot be used. In administrative easements, it has been pointed out that such extinction occurs by operation of law, by disaffectation, by affectation of the rest of the property to the public domain, or by destruction of the servient tract, or by deterioration or modification that renders it incompatible with the purpose of the administrative easement. On the other hand, in the case of easements constituted in favor of public entities, administrative legality requires that their constitution be carried out by means of the respective public deed, as well as the due registry inscription. In this sense, see ruling No. 64-2014-VI of this Administrative Litigation Court, as well as resolution No. 966-F-2005 of 2:10 p.m. on December 15, 2005, of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.\n\n**VIII.- On the content of the easement in this specific case.**\nAs is evident from the case file, in 1990, the IDA consolidated a total of 9 farms from the Alcoa settlement to assign, via segregation, a series of parcels, within which, the registration [Valor 038] (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it appears that from that farm, the plaintiff segregated a series of lots in his own name, within which the one of interest to this proceeding is registration [Valor 038]. Likewise, it is established that on August 31, 2009, the plaintiff purchased from Mr. José Blanco Valverde a lot of land for construction, registered under Real Folio registration [Valor 030], segregated from the farm with Real Folio registration [Valor 038], with cadastral map number [Valor 031], with an area of 500 square meters. Subsequently, on February 8, 2016, he acquired from José Blanco Valverde a piece of land adjacent to the one mentioned in the previous point, registered under Real Folio registration [Valor 028], cadastral map [Valor 029], segregated from the farm registration [Valor 038]. At the time of acquiring the farms from Partido de San José, Real Folio registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), said properties were affected by the transferred easement registered under the registry citations [Valor 041], which corresponds to a right of way on foot, on horseback, and with cart until reaching the road, in favor of farm registration 1-86127, constituted on July 2, 1940. The plaintiff requests indemnification for the de facto imposition of the easement that affects the aforementioned farms, stating that on those farms there is a dwelling house that is affected by the existence of that de facto easement.\n\nRegarding these claims, it is pertinent to bring up what was established by this Sixth Section in judgment No. 141-2018-VI of 3:00 p.m. on November 19, 2018, in which a claim similar to the present one was resolved, specifically referring to the parent farm from which the plaintiff's properties derived by segregation, namely, farm [Valor 038]. On the background of the composition of the easement in question, an aspect particularly relevant to this dispute, that ruling expressed in its core:\n\n“VII.- On the content of the easement in this specific case. Typology. Scope. As is evident from the case file, in 1990, the IDA consolidated a total of 9 farms from the Alcoa settlement to assign, via segregation, a series of parcels, within which, the registration [Valor 038] (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it appears that from that farm, the plaintiff segregated a series of lots in his own name, within which the one of interest to this proceeding is registration [Valor 038]. The plaintiff requests indemnification for the de facto imposition of the easement that affects the aforementioned farms, as well as for the construction of the tower site. In that sense, he points out that within farm [Valor 038] is located tower site number T-122. In turn, he requests reparation for the damage to the remainder. Regarding this mention, the following exposition is warranted. As established by article 70 of the Law of Lands and Colonization, No. 2825, in force at the time of the Río Macho-San Isidro project, the ITCO, later IDA, was empowered to provide lands for works of public interest. In that sense, the norm indicated: ‘The Institute, the Ministries of Public Works, Health, and Education preferentially, the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Municipalities, and other related Autonomous Institutions, are empowered to complete land provisions with the construction of works for roads, irrigation, sanitation, medical assistance, hospital centers, housing, education, and other common services.’ This regulation made it possible for usage rights to be configured within these lands for the realization of public service works.\n\nNow, as part of the Línea Eléctrica Río Macho-San Isidro project, by appraisal No. 521-82 of ICE, dated November 3, 1982, issued for the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line project, the assigned value was appraised for easement purposes on the farms owned by IDA, numbers 129321-208058, registered in volumes 1465-2084, pages 390-339, entries 6-2, with an area of 40 hectares 1973.25 square meters and 20 hectares 2867.19 square meters, respectively. Regarding the easement right, it was indicated that it was imposed on the property of the IDA, in a strip 20 meters wide, along a length of 745 meters, for a total affected area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters, heading north to south. Considering the placement of three tower sites, the total value of the easement determined at that time was ₡7,460.00 (seven thousand four hundred sixty colones). (Pages 197-199 of the main file).\n\nThen, by appraisal No. 30-86 approved by ICE on April 15, 1986, an easement appraisal is carried out to be imposed on property of the IDA for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the section for general details of the property, it is indicated that it was formerly owned by Alcoa de Costa Rica S.A., which sold it to the State and the latter ceded it to the IDA, finding it at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons. In that appraisal, an area to be affected of 20 meters wide by 745 meters long was established, for a total surface area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. In the transmission line section, it was detailed that it affected parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of block 4-A of Alcoa. A total value for the easement right of ₡29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones) was assigned. In that instrument, it was appreciated that three tower sites would be located in the easement, namely: T121, T122, and T123. That appraisal was approved by the Board of Directors of ICE in resolution 2502, session 3773 of April 15, 1986, article 9, subsection 8). In that agreement, it was indicated that the easement was for the passage of the electric grid, with a width of 10 meters on each side of the center line, that is, 20 meters in total, with a length of 745 meters, for a total easement area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. (Images 496-510 of the main file)\n\nLikewise, it is established that on September 24, 1987, ICE issued a payment order in favor of the IDA, for an amount of ₡29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones), with the following detail: “To pay you the value of the easement right over the farm in San José, located in Pérez Zeledón, as a consequence of the passage of the L.T Río Macho-San Isidro. See appraisal No. 30-86, approved by the Board of Directors in session No. 3373 of 4/15/86. DELIVER CHECK TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.” (Image 505 of the main file)\n\nAs has been detailed, both farms regarding which the cited appraisal was issued (registrations 129321 and 208058) formed part of the 9 properties that were consolidated by the IDA in the deed granted on August 18, 1990, through which a series of parcels were segregated within the Alcoa project. Specifically, as relevant to this case, this Court has established within the list of accredited facts that by public deed number 18 granted before notaries public Marta Eugenia Solano Arias and Julio Sánchez Carvajal, acting in the protocol of the former, dated August 18, 1990, the then representative of the IDA, Mr. Carlos Prendas Lépiz, consolidated a series of farms, among which are registrations of the Partido de San José 78649-000, 86127-000, 123458-000, 123460-000, 129321-000, 180282-000, 208058-000, 216143-000, 220772-000 and 111976-000.\n\nLikewise, in article four of said public deed, lots were segregated for the project called Alcoa four, within which, lot four-two, agricultural land, located in the third district of canton 19 of the Province of San José, with an area of 12 hectares 3,069 meters 57 square decimeters, was allocated in equal parts to Mr. José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas. In that public deed, it was established that all acquirers accepted the sale of each segregated parcel and were made aware that those were made accepting limitations, within which, the clause identified with the letter “CH)” provided: “CH) That the State shall have the right at any time to take up to twelve percent of the areas sold to exercise therein the transit easements necessary for the construction and surveillance of all kinds of communication routes and use of hydroelectric forces, as well as the construction and surveillance of telegraph and telephone lines; the use of the lands indispensable for the construction of bridges and docks; the extraction of materials for those same works, the use of water courses that are necessary for the supply of populations, watering of livestock, irrigation, or any other uses of general interest. For the areas it takes for the indicated purposes, the State shall pay the original purchase price and the value of the necessary and useful improvements.” (Images 105-108, 520-609 of the main file)\n\nIn that sense, in the same assignment deed for that property, warning was given about the possibility of imposing easements, an aspect that grammatically coincided with article 70 of Law No. 2825, in force at that time, and which sets the same conditions of administrative limitations reflected in the signed agreement. Ergo, from the acquisition of that parcel in 1990, given the Río Macho-San Isidro project, the acquirers knew of that eventuality.”\n\nThat reference is necessary because it highlights the situation that was proper to the parent farm and that, by derivation, is transferred to the farms that were segregated in favor of the claimant. From that standpoint, it is clear that, at the date of acquisition, the disposition by ICE regarding the use of the space for the high-voltage electric line was already materially evident and notorious. However, unlike what the representation of the sued entity states, this circumstance alone does not suppress the relevance or appropriateness of the claims formulated in this dispute.\n\n**IX.-**\nNow then, the plaintiff party themselves points out that at the time of acquiring the farms from the Partido de San José, Real Folio registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), said properties were affected by the transferred easement registered under the registry citations [Valor 041], an easement of passage on foot, on horseback, and with cart until reaching the road, in favor of farm registration 1-86127, constituted on July 2, 1940. Likewise, transferred easement citations 0382-00007487-01-0817-002, and transferred easement citations 0382-00007487-01-0818-001.\n\nHowever, after analyzing the case file and reviewing the various positions issued regarding proceedings in which, like the present one, civil reparation has been sought for what has been considered a de facto easement, this Court reiterates its position sustained in the previously cited ruling No. 141-2018-VI, to the effect that, from the analysis of those registry citations, although they impose a transferred easement, their content does not allow deducing that it refers to the electric line easement that was the object of consideration in appraisal 30-86 raised in its time by ICE for the Línea de Transmisión Río Macho-San Isidro project [...] From that standpoint, that registry detail does not allow considering it an accredited fact that, in the registration of parcel 4-2, assigned to Mr. Blanco Valverde, from which farm [Valor 038] originated, and which subsequently led to the segregation of the registrations acquired by the claimant, implied the registry annotation of the imposition of an easement related to the electric transmission line of the cited Río Macho-San Isidro project, since the one registered under citations [Valor 041] refers to the terms already indicated.\n\nNow, from the objective analysis of the case file, it is evident that there has been no express acceptance of the easement subject to censure, on the part of the person who, at that historical moment, was the legitimate owner of the property upon which that limitation was imposed, specifically the IDA, according to the permissibility granted to it by article 70 of Law No. 2825. From the analysis of administrative appraisal 30-86 already referred to supra, it is made manifest that ICE, in its time, made an analysis of the implications of imposing that easement on the lands that would be occupied by tower sites T-121, T-122, and T-123, ergo, relating to the plaintiff's heritage, which corresponds, according to what he himself indicates, to tower site 122. The appraisals provided by the sued entity are from November 1982 and April 1986, the most recent and specifically the latter, 30-86, in which a detail is made of the zone over which the easement is constituted, which permits establishing the geographic coincidence with the strip of land whose reparation is now sought. Both allude to the farm from which the plaintiff's heritage emerges, obtained in 1990, a date by which the IDA had already granted the easement in favor of ICE.\n\nOn this aspect, it is worth noting that on August 18, 1990, when the IDA chose to manage the consolidation of farms and segregation of parcels, within which the plaintiff's one is found, the existence of that easement was already physically evident, given the apparent nature of that affectation. Given that the farm with Real Folio registration 623027-000 was segregated from farm [Valor 038], and later, from this heritage arose registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), that particularity of prior knowledge of the material existence of the easement and of the Línea de Transmisión Río Macho San Isidro project was likewise present. However, it is clear that the mere evidence of an easement does not speak to the legitimacy of its existence, since the express consent of the owner of the servient tract would be necessary, as well as the eventual appropriate indemnities derived from those voluntary limitations, an aspect that is analyzed below.\n\n**X.-**\nNow then, this factual recount makes it evident that in due time, ICE constituted the electric-line passage easement, from which it is clear that, from that historical moment, the right of passage for the electric line over the referred zone arose, which in that regard was constituted as the servient tract of the passage easement in favor of ICE. That easement, insofar as it involves the installation of electric cabling towers, implies the possibility for ICE to enter the affectation area to provide the necessary maintenance to that infrastructure. However, although at the time the plaintiff acquired his properties by way of segregation in August 2009 and February 2016, clause CH) of the segregation deed warned the acquirer of the possibility of affecting the property with that type of projects or works, the truth of the matter is that the assessment of the evidence provided to this case does not allow establishing that said instrument expressed the direct intention to impose an easement in favor of ICE regarding the cited project, and that this limitation was transferred to the parcels that were segregated. Unlike other cases resolved by this Administrative Litigation Court, Section VI, in which the registry existence of that type of easement was established, in this case, documents issued by the administrative registry have been provided, in which it is recorded that the easement registered under citations [Valor 041] does not coincide with the type of affectation that ICE claims was constituted in that registry entry. Such pieces, on the contrary, make it evident that this easement pertains to a permissibility of passage on foot, horseback, or cart, but that it bears no relation whatsoever to one related to electric lines.\n\nFrom this angle of examination, from the registry standpoint there exists no element whatsoever that would objectively place the acquirer in a position to know of the existence of that administrative limitation. Of course, it is clear that given that at the date of acquisition (2009 and 2016), the project in question was already under construction (since it began in 1984), as it involves an easement for electric transmission lines, it is an apparent easement, and therefore, from the physical-visual angle, the plaintiff was in a position to know the existence of that limitation, especially considering that the Río Macho-San Isidro project dates from 1983. However, this material existence alone does not indicate the lack of merit of the indemnification claims formulated.\n\nIn fact, in accordance with what has been expounded above, the implementation of that type of easement requires either the registry annotation of its existence at the time the acquisition of domain over the affected property is constituted, or, in the case of apparent easements, to prove with the necessary force that they have been indemnified to the original owner. For such purposes, ICE provides as support for its stance, both in the answer to the complaint and in the justification of the counterclaim it raises (as well as the case accumulated to this file), details of the administrative appraisals carried out in its time to recognize the then IDA for the affectations under dispute. In this dimension, by appraisal No. 30-86 approved by ICE on April 15, 1986, an easement appraisal is carried out to be imposed on property of the IDA for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the section for general details of the property, it is indicated that it was formerly owned by ALCOA de Costa Rica S.A., which sold it to the State and the latter ceded it to the IDA, finding it at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons [...]\n\nHowever, there does not exist in this proceeding a single piece of evidence that would permit conjecturing that the imposition of that easement was accepted and paid to the person owning the servient assets, an aspect that is determinative in the analysis of the object of this process, to the extent that the indemnification claimed is directly conditioned upon the definition of whether that easement was effectively paid in favor of whoever at the time accepted or granted it. Only with that base presupposition could there be justified an opposability and duty of acceptance of the easement to a person who subsequently acquires a heritage over which that type of affectation for reasons of public interest weighs. However, the alluded evidence shows the existence of an economic appraisal to carry out a civil reparation for the commented easement, carried out in 1986. Note that official letter FSA-0183-2019 of March 6, 2019, issued by INDER, does not allude to the fact that, in its time, ICE paid for that easement, but rather limits itself to expressing its own criteria on the reasons why such payment to the current owners is improper. From that standpoint, it does not have the virtue of rebutting the mentioned criterion regarding the due payment of the imposed easement.\n\nThat official communication states, without the necessary detail, that, in its time, the IDA accepted the constitution of the cited easement, however, it does not offer or indicate the specific detail of the act or document in which that entity may have shown said consent. In this way, the successive tract of title postulated by that official communication cannot be taken as established, inasmuch as, as has been stated, the already mentioned registry citations do not allow the existence of that encumbrance to be derived, under the terms alleged by the ICE and indicated by said official communication [...]\n\nAlthough it can be inferred that there is no proof supporting the registry annotation of that easement regarding the IDA's consent of passage, as has been indicated, so that subsequent acquirers would have to bear the actions of the ICE concerning the operation and maintenance of the works proper to the Río Macho-San Isidro transmission line project, given that the registry citations upon which the ICE alleges that condition, it has already been established as proven, through certifications issued by the National Registry itself, that they do not refer to that easement, but rather to a very different one that is not related, in any way, to that project. Accordingly, in light of the evidentiary duties that operate within a process of this nature, it is the ICE that must conclusively prove the concurrence of those premises upon which it seeks to deny the right to indemnification claimed by the plaintiff, which it ultimately fails to establish with the evidence provided, nor with its arguments. Indeed, the filing and subsequent withdrawal of the expropriation proceedings referred to above reveals a series of deficiencies in the information and documentation records of that public entity regarding the project in question. This Chamber does not cast any doubt upon the public relevance of that project, but that does not imply that the material and legal effects of an easement that has not been proven to have been constituted in a legitimate manner and in accordance with legality can be imposed upon an acquirer [...]\n\nThus, following the analysis set forth above, this Court considers that to the extent there is no registry annotation of the constitution of the easement in favor of the ICE, while no payment for that encumbrance is evident, the procedure imposed by Law No. 6313 for the imposition of that type of encumbrance cannot be considered satisfied, and in that way, despite the apparent nature of the easement, due to the physical notoriety of its existence, its enforceability against third-party acquirers cannot be inferred and, based on that, the requested indemnifications cannot be denied. Indeed, from the analysis of the case file, the ICE has not succeeded in proving with the necessary forcefulness the constitution of the easement of the nature and condition that materially burdens the plaintiff's property, but furthermore, its registry backing has also not been established, which in itself reveals substantial incorrectness in the configuration and operation of this type of encumbrance. The foregoing by virtue of the fact that, since the easement constitutes, as has been set forth above, a limitation imposed on real property that prevents the owner of the domain from carrying out a set of actions relating to his estate, it is necessary, as a prerequisite for its legitimacy, that it has been accepted by the owner of the servient tenement and that it has been constituted in accordance with the legal norms governing that aspect. Hence, in order of the legality of the procedures, to the extent that, according to the terms of Article 2 of Law 6313, there is a declaration of public interest regarding all works of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad pertaining to the fulfillment of its legal purposes, the imposition of an easement such as the one analyzed required the completion of the corresponding appraisal (Article 2 of the cited Law number 6313), and that said act be communicated to the owner of that real property (Article 7 of the same Law, and 140 of the Ley General de la Administración Pública). These actions were carried out with respect to the estate now under debate, however, the plaintiff did not accept the valuation made by the public entity.\n\nFrom the analysis of the evidence provided in this proceeding, it is established that the ICE initiated an expropriation proceeding against Mr. José Blanco Valverde, a proceeding processed under case file No. 12-000483-1028-CA before the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo y Civil de Hacienda, for the purpose of imposing an easement on the farm registered under Folio Real 1-623027-000, as well as indemnifying the remaining damage and the tower site to be located as part of the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line project. However, in a brief dated November 4, 2013, within expropriation proceeding 12-000483-1028-CA, the ICE's legal representative withdrew from the cited proceeding, indicating for said purposes: \"Based on the technical studies, as well as the background studies conducted by my represented entity, it was established that said lands were already indemnified and that no change or expansion is being made with respect to the easement that was constituted with the Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA) through administrative appraisal number 30-1986 and that appears as a burden on the adjudication of the lands from (sic) said institution in 1990. (…)\". By order issued at 14 hours 42 minutes on November 4, 2013, the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo deemed the expropriation proceedings, case file 12-000483-1028-CA, withdrawn. In response, on November 21, 2013, the ICE requested that the proceedings continue. In a brief dated April 8, 2015, it requested that the object of the expropriation proceedings be modified, considering that it was not appropriate to indemnify the easement or the tower site, but only the access road for maintaining the tower, since that easement had been constituted by the original owner in 1980, that is, the then ITCO, a request that was rejected by the order of 09 hours on May 27, 2015. In a brief dated August 14, 2015, the ICE indicated that based on the arguments set forth in the brief received on April 8, 2015, it requested the withdrawal of the expropriatory proceeding, without an award of costs. By order issued at 11 hours 26 minutes on August 19, 2015, the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo deemed the expropriation withdrawn and noted that regarding the administrative appraisal, any arrangement between the parties should be made through the channel they deemed most convenient. The foregoing makes it evident that although the ICE initiated the procedures that the law imposes upon it for the imposition of the easement on the petitioner, it later decided to withdraw from that proceeding, under the position that this right had already been indemnified, an aspect that, as has been set forth, could not be established. Therefore, the aforementioned expropriation proceeding cannot be considered satisfied, and given that the registry constitution of the easement in question could not be verified, nor could the effective payment in its time to the IDA, it is necessary to declare the duty of the ICE (and the corresponding right of the plaintiff) to bring the appropriate expropriation actions in order to compensate the owner of that farm for the limitations that materially burden his estate, considering for those purposes the material and legal implications of the easement. From that perspective, in accordance with the analysis presented in this judgment, the ICE must be ordered, within a maximum period of two months calculated from the finality of this judgment, to bring the necessary legal procedures in order to conduct the economic valuations through the respective appraisals, and procedures that allow the indemnification of the fair value (justiprecio) and eventual expropriation to the plaintiff of the encumbrance that the Río Macho-San Isidro Electric Line project produces on the real property he owns. In that regard, it is necessary to consider, within the determination of that fair value, the existence of the easement and the limitations imposed on those lands, and any other aspect that, in accordance with Law No. 6313, is essential to include within the determination of the corresponding fair value. On the other hand, it should be noted that said valuation must be carried out considering the encumbrance on the farm in the San José district, registered under Folio Real [Valor 026], cadastral map [Valor 027], with an area of seven hundred and fifty square meters, given that it has been established as proven that this estate arose from the segregation of 50% of property [Valor 028] and its respective consolidation with farm [Valor 030] [...]\n\nXVI.- On the other hand, payment for subjective moral suffering (daño moral subjetivo) is claimed in the following terms: \"SUBJECTIVE MORAL SUFFERING. It consists of the pain, the anguish, the suffering, the anxiety, the arrogance of the ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electric line, without asking permission, implying that the strip of land used as an easement belonged to the ICE, which caused me and my family great emotional instability. Prudential estimate, five million colones, for the purposes of Article 58, subsection E of the CPCA.\" The coverage radius of the norms and principles that integrate and constitute the non-contractual civil liability of the Public Administration transcends the reparation of eminently material damages, to include within its area of protection damages of a non-pecuniary nature, which arises as a natural consequence of a type of liability rooted in damage and risk. The foregoing finds its foundation in the doctrine of constitutional canon 41, by establishing the principle of integral reparation of damages, which as a right is conferred upon individuals in their individual framework, in their property, or indeed, in their moral interests. It involves the due protection against infringements to the legal situation of the person, which includes their patrimonial assets, but also their internal sphere. This is thus inferred from numeral 197 of the Ley General de la Administración Pública, a norm that provides: \"Liability shall be applicable for damage to purely moral goods, as well as for moral suffering and physical pain caused by death or by the injury inflicted, respectively.\" Thus, it is evident that moral suffering is verified when the sphere of the individual's non-pecuniary interest is injured. However, keeping in mind that its violation can generate patrimonial consequences, it can certainly be quantified. Therefore, a distinction must be drawn between subjective moral suffering (daño moral subjetivo) and objective moral damage (daño moral objetivo). On the subject, domestic jurisprudence is abundant. See, among many, judgment 316-f-2006 of the Sala Primera of the Corte Suprema de Justicia, which explains: \"VIII.- Moral suffering (also called incorporeal, non-pecuniary, affective damage, etc. in doctrine) is verified when the sphere of non-pecuniary interest of the individual is injured; however, as its violation can generate patrimonial consequences, a distinction can be made between 'pure' subjective moral suffering, or affective suffering, and objective or 'objectified' moral damage. Subjective moral suffering occurs when a non-pecuniary right has been injured, without repercussion on the patrimony, normally involving an unjust disturbance of the individual's emotional conditions (annoyance, discouragement, despair, loss of satisfaction in living, etc., e.g., an injury to honor, dignity, privacy, the so-called loss of enjoyment of life, grief over the death of a family member or loved one, etc.). (…) In short, moral suffering consists of physical, psychological, affective, or moral pain or suffering inflicted by a wrongful act. Normally, the fertile ground for moral suffering is that of personality rights when they are violated.\" Regarding its quantification and proof, by its very nature, it does not require direct evidence, that is, it is subject to the equitable assessment of the judge. This is because it involves an impact that occurs within the internal core of the person. In this regard, the previously mentioned Sala Primera, in judgment no. 537 of 10 hours 40 minutes on September 3, 2003, stated: \"…It is deduced through presumptions inferred from circumstantial evidence, since the unlawful generating fact reveals the moral suffering, for when the psyche, health, physical integrity, honor, privacy, etc. are damaged, it is easy to infer the damage; therefore, it is said that the proof of moral suffering exists 'in re ipsa'. Nor does its value need to be proven because it has no concrete value. It is valued prudentially. It is not, then, a matter of quantifying suffering, for it is invaluable, but of setting a monetary compensation for its injury, the only mechanism to which law can resort, in order to repair, at least in part, its offense.\" Even so, it is the criterion of this collegiate body that although its granting is not conditioned or subject to evidentiary factors, the same is not true when it comes to establishing the causal link that allows it to be claimed. That is to say, the causal relationship that would allow the occurrence of subjective moral suffering to be understood must be proven, at least, by linking a public action or inertia as the causing source of the internal injury. Furthermore, despite this aforementioned demonstrative dispensation, its determination is subject to the principles of reasonableness and proportionality. Hence, in each case, the jurisdictional authority must weigh the particularities and scope of the conflict, so that its granting and quantification adjust to said guiding criteria and does not lead to excessive indemnifications resulting in unjustified benefits. Ergo, its determination must maintain a just balance derived from the specific factual framework. Thus, in the instant case, it has been established that the ICE did not concretize the imposition of the easement on the plaintiff's property through the proper registry formalization, nor the prior compensation that would have allowed the enforceability of that limitation against the plaintiff without any right to compensation whatsoever. Regarding the parameters for assessing subjective moral suffering, in ruling No. 080-2019-VI of 14 hours 20 minutes on June 28, 2019, a series of guidelines were set that impose aspects of necessary consideration to rationalize the definitions regarding that type of injury. A fundamental element is the necessary establishment and clarity of the antecedent circumstances that are constituted or considered as the adequate cause of the claimed damage. In that sense, the plaintiff states that the source of the suffering was \"… the arrogance of the ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electric line, without asking permission, implying that the strip of land used as an easement belonged to the ICE, which caused me and my family great emotional instability…\". Regardless of the recognition of the plaintiff's right to obtain retribution for the de facto easement burdening his property, the fact of the matter is that the claimant associates that moral suffering with a circumstance that has not been duly proven in this proceeding, consisting of the disturbance derived from conduct he terms \"arrogant\" on the part of the ICE's agents, when entering and leaving his property. This issue is one that has not been proven or addressed in any way by the claimant, and although it can be anticipated that within a logical context, it is feasible that, given the type of civil work crossing the petitioner's property, the electric line must be maintained, and that this would lead, as a matter of principle, to the need to enter the servient property, the fact of the matter is that the complaint is completely lacking in indications or elements of conviction that would allow any type of consideration to be determined regarding the existence or not of those reproaches upon which the damage under study is based. It should be noted that, in the context of the complaint, the cause attributed to that injury is precisely those alleged behaviors and not other circumstances. Ergo, pursuant to the principle of procedural congruence, regulated in Article 119 of the CPCA, this Court could not base the analysis of this claim on considerations that were not expressly formulated by the proposing party, much less speculate on causal relationships not set forth. Thus, the denial of the damage under examination is ordered [...]\".\n\nOn the other hand, in the case of easements (servidumbres) constituted in favor of public entities, administrative legality requires that their constitution be carried out through the respective public deed, as well as the proper registration entry. In this sense, see ruling No. 64-2014-VI of this Administrative Litigation Tribunal, as well as resolution No. 966-F-2005 of 14:10 hours on December 15, 2005, of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.\n\n        **VIII.- On the content of the easement in the specific case.** As is evident from the record, in 1990, the IDA gathered a total of 9 properties from the Alcoa settlement to assign, via segregation, a series of parcels, within which, registration [Valor 038] (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it is noted that from this property, the plaintiff segregated in his own name a series of lots, among which registration [Valor 038] is of interest to this process. Likewise, it is noted that on August 31, 2009, the plaintiff bought from Mr. José Blanco Valverde a plot of land for construction, registered under Real Folio registration [Valor 030], segregated from the property Real Folio registration [Valor 038], with cadastral map number [Valor 031], with an area of 500 square meters. Subsequently, on February 8, 2016, he acquired from José Blanco Valverde a piece of land adjacent to the one indicated in the previous point, registered under Real Folio registration [Valor 028], cadastral map [Valor 029], segregated from the property registration [Valor 038]. At the time of acquiring the properties of the Partido de San José, Real Folio registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), said real estate was affected by the transferred easement registered under the registry citations [Valor 041], which corresponds to a right-of-way on foot, on horseback, and with cart until reaching the street, in favor of property registration 1-86127, constituted on July 2, 1940. The plaintiff petitions to be compensated for the de facto imposition of the easement that affects the aforementioned properties, stating that, on those properties, there is a dwelling house that is affected by the existence of that de facto easement. As for these claims, it is pertinent to bring up what was established by this Sixth Section in judgment No. 141-2018-VI of 15:00 hours on November 19, 2018, in which a claim similar to the present one was resolved, precisely referring to the parent property from which the plaintiff's properties derived by segregation, i.e., property [Valor 038]. Regarding the background of the composition of the easement in question, a relevant aspect in itself for this dispute, that ruling expressed in essence:\n\n*“**VII.- On the content of the easement in the specific case. Typology. Scope.** As is evident from the record, in 1990, the IDA gathered a total of 9 properties from the Alcoa settlement to assign, via segregation, a series of parcels, within which, registration [Valor 038] (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it is noted that from this property, the plaintiff segregated in his own name a series of lots, among which registration [Valor 038] is of interest to this process. The plaintiff petitions to be compensated for the de facto imposition of the easement that affects the aforementioned properties, as well as for the construction of the tower site. In that sense, he indicates that within property [Valor 038] the tower site number T-122 is located. In turn, he petitions for the repair of the damage to the remainder. Regarding this mention, it is appropriate to warn of what is set forth below. As established by Article 70 of the Law of Lands and Colonization (Ley de Tierras y Colonización), No. 2825, in force at the time of the Río Macho-San Isidro project, the ITCO, later IDA, was authorized to provide lands for works of public interest. In that sense, the rule indicated: 'The Institute, preferentially the Ministries of Public Works, Health, and Education, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, Municipalities, and other related Autonomous Institutions, are authorized to complete land allocations with the construction of road works, irrigation, sanitation, medical assistance, hospital centers, housing, education, and other common services.' This regulation made it possible for use rights to be configured within these lands for the execution of public service works. Now, as part of the Río Macho-San Isidro Electric Line project, through appraisal No. 521-82 of the ICE, dated November 3, 1982, issued for the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line work, the value assigned for easement purposes was assessed on the properties owned by the IDA, numbers 129321-208058, registered at volumes 1465-2084, folios 390-339, entries 6-2, with an area of 40 hectares 1973.25 square meters and 20 hectares 2867.19 square meters, respectively. Regarding the right of easement, it was indicated that it was imposed on the IDA's property, in a strip 20 meters wide, for a length of 745 meters, for a total affected area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters, north to south direction. Considering the placement of three tower sites, the total value of the easement determined at that time was ₡7,460.00 (seven thousand four hundred sixty colones). (Folios 197-199 of the main file). Later, Through appraisal No. 30-86 approved by the ICE on April 15, 1986, an assessment of the easement to be imposed on IDA property was carried out for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the general details section of the property, it is indicated that it was owned by Alcoa de Costa Rica S.A., which sold it to the State, and the latter transferred it to the IDA, being at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons. In that appraisal, an area to affect was established of 20 meters wide by 745 meters long, for a total surface area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. In the transmission line section, it was detailed that it affected parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of block 4-A of Alcoa. A total value of the right of easement of ₡29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones) was assigned. In that instrument, it was appraised that three tower positions would be located in the easement, namely: T121, T122, and T123. That appraisal was approved by the ICE Board of Directors in resolution 2502, session 3773 of April 15, 1986, article 9, subsection 8). In that agreement, it was indicated that the easement was for the passage of the electrical grid, with a width of 10 meters on each side of the center line, i.e., 20 meters in total, with a length of 745 meters, for a total easement area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. (Images 496-510 of the main file) Likewise, it is noted that on September 24, 1987, the ICE issued a payment order in favor of the IDA, for an amount of ₡29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones), with the following detail: 'To pay you the value of the right of easement over the San José property, located in Pérez Zeledón, as a consequence of the passage of the L.T Río Macho-San Isidro. See appraisal No. 30-86, approved by the Board of Directors in session No. 3373 of 4/15/86. DELIVER CHECK TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.'. (Image 505 of the main file) As has been detailed, both properties regarding which the cited appraisal was issued (registrations 129321 and 208058) formed part of the 9 properties that were gathered by the IDA in the deed granted on August 18, 1990, through which a series of parcels were segregated within the Alcoa project. Specifically, as is relevant to the present case, this Tribunal has established within the list of accredited facts that through public deed number 18 granted before notaries public Marta Eugenia Solano Arias and Julio Sánchez Carvajal, acting in the protocol of the former, dated August 18, 1990, the then representative of the IDA, Mr. Carlos Prendas Lépiz, gathered a series of properties, among which are registrations of the Partido de San José 78649-000, 86127-000, 123458-000, 123460-000, 129321-000, 180282-000, 208058-000, 216143-000, 220772-000 and 111976-000. Likewise, in the fourth clause of said public deed, lots were segregated for the project called Alcoa four, within which, lot four-two, land for agriculture, located in the third district of canton 19 of the Province of San José, with an area of 12 hectares 3,069 square meters 57 square decimeters, in equal parts to Mr. José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas. In that public deed, it was established that all acquirers accepted the sale of each segregated parcel and were aware that they were carried out accepting limitations, among which, the clause identified with the letter 'CH)' provided: 'CH) That the State shall have the right at any time to take up to twelve percent of the areas sold to exercise therein the necessary transit easements for the construction and surveillance of all kinds of communication routes and use of hydroelectric forces, as well as the construction and surveillance of telegraphic and telephone lines; the use of the land indispensable for the construction of bridges and docks; the extraction of materials for those same works, the use of water courses that are necessary for the supply of populations, livestock watering places, irrigation, or any other uses of general interest. For the areas taken for the indicated purposes, the State shall pay the original purchase price and the value of the necessary and useful improvements.'. (Images 105-108, 520-609 of the main file) In that sense, in the same deed of assignment of that real estate, the possibility of imposing easements was warned, an aspect that grammatically coincided with numeral 70 of Law No. 2825, in force at that time, and which sets the same conditions of administrative limitations reflected in the signed agreement. Therefore, from the acquisition of that parcel in 1990, given the Río Macho-San Isidro project, the acquirers knew of that eventuality.”*\n\nThat reference is necessary as it highlights the situation that was characteristic of the parent property and which, by derivation, is transferred to the properties that were segregated in favor of the petitioner. From that perspective, it is clear that, at the date of acquisition, the disposition by the ICE regarding the use of the space for the high-voltage electric line was already materially evident and notorious. However, unlike what the representation of the defendant entity expresses, this circumstance alone does not suppress the relevance or appropriateness of the claims formulated in this dispute.\n\n        **IX.-** Now, the plaintiff itself indicates that, at the time of acquiring the properties of the Partido de San José, Real Folio registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), said real estate was affected by the transferred easement registered under the registry citations [Valor 041]\n\n, a right-of-way on foot, on horseback, and with cart until reaching the street, in favor of property registration 1-86127, constituted on July 2, 1940. Likewise, transferred easement citations 0382-00007487-01-0817-002, and transferred easement citations 0382-00007487-01-0818-001. However, after analyzing the record and reviewing the various positions issued regarding processes in which, like the present one, civil law reparation has been sought for what has been considered a de facto easement, this Tribunal reiterates its position held in the aforementioned ruling No. 141-2018-VI, in the sense that, from the analysis of those registry citations, although they impose a transferred easement, their content does not allow one to infer that it refers to the electric line easement that was the object of consideration in appraisal 30-86 raised at the time by the ICE for the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line work [...]\n\nFrom that perspective, that registry detail does not allow taking as an accredited aspect that the registration of parcel 4-2, assigned to Mr. Blanco Valverde, from which property [Valor 038] originated, and which subsequently led to the segregation of the registrations acquired by the petitioner, implied the registry notation of the imposition of an easement related to the electrical transmission line of the cited Río Macho-San Isidro project, since the one registered with citations [Valor 041] refers to the terms already indicated. Now, from the objective analysis of the record, it is evident that there has been no express acceptance of the easement under challenge, on the part of whoever at that historical moment was the legitimate owner of the real estate upon which that limitation was imposed, specifically the IDA, in accordance with the permissibility given by numeral 70 of Law No. 2825. From the analysis of administrative appraisal 30-86 already referred to above, it is clear that the ICE, in its time, made an analysis of the implications of the imposition of that easement on the lands that would occupy the tower sites T-121, T-122, and T-123, therefore, pertinent to the plaintiff's inheritance, which corresponds, as he himself indicates, to tower site 122. The appraisals provided by the defendant entity are from November 1982 and April 1986, the most recent and specifically the latter, 30-86, in which a detail of the zone on which the easement is constituted is made, which allows for the geographic coincidence with the strip of land whose reparation is now sought. Both allude to the property from which the inheritance owned by the petitioner emerges, obtained in 1990, a date on which the IDA had already granted the easement in favor of the ICE.\n\nRegarding this aspect, it should be noted that on August 18, 1990, when the IDA chose to manage the gathering of properties and segregation of parcels, among which is that of the plaintiff, the existence of that easement was already physically evident, given the apparent nature of that encumbrance. Given that the property Real Folio registration 623027-000 was segregated from property [Valor 038], and then, from this inheritance arose registrations [Valor 030] (cadastral map [Valor 031]) and [Valor 028] (map No. [Valor 029]), that particularity of prior knowledge of the material existence of the easement and of the Río Macho San Isidro Transmission Line project was equally present. However, it is clear that the mere evidence of the easement does not speak to the legitimacy of its existence, as the express consent of the owner of the servient tenement would be necessary, as well as the eventual timely compensations derived from those voluntary limitations, an aspect that is analyzed below.\n\nX.- Now, this factual account shows that in its timely moment, the ICE constituted the easement for the passage of the aerial line, from which it is clear that from that historical moment the right of passage for the electric line arises over the referred area, which to that extent became the servient tenement of the right-of-way in favor of the ICE. That easement, insofar as it involves the placement of electrical wiring towers, implies the possibility for the ICE to enter the affected area to provide due maintenance to that infrastructure. All in all, although at the time the plaintiff acquired his real estate via segregation in August 2009 and February 2016, clause CH) of the segregation deed warned the acquirer of the possibility of affecting the property with that type of project or works, the truth of the matter is that the evaluation of the evidence provided in this case does not allow establishing that in that instrument the direct intention to impose an easement in favor of the ICE regarding the cited project was manifested, and that this limitation was transferred to the parcels that were segregated. Unlike other cases resolved by this Administrative Litigation Tribunal, Section VI, in which the registry existence of that type of easement was established, in this case, documents issued by the administrative registry office have been provided, in which it is recorded that the easement registered in citations [Valor 041] does not coincide with the type of encumbrance that the ICE affirms was constituted in that registry entry. Such pieces, on the contrary, show that this easement is a permissibility of passage on foot, horseback, or cart, but that it bears no relation whatsoever to one pertaining to electric lines. From that angle of examination, from the registry perspective there is no element whatsoever that would put the acquirer in an objective position to know about the existence of that administrative limitation. Of course, it is clear that given that on the date of acquisition (2009 and 2016), the project in question was already under construction (since it began in 1984), as it is an easement for electrical transmission lines, it is an apparent easement, therefore, from the physical-visual aspect, the plaintiff was in a position to know of the existence of that limitation, especially considering that the Río Macho-San Isidro project is from 1983. However, that mere material existence does not speak to the inadmissibility of the indemnity claims formulated. Indeed, according to what has been set forth above, the implementation of that type of easements requires, either the registry notation of its existence at the moment the acquisition of ownership over the affected property is constituted, or, in the case of apparent ones, to prove with due forcefulness that they have been compensated to the original owner. For such purposes, the ICE provides as support for its position, both in the denial of the lawsuit and in the justification of the counterclaim it raises (as well as the cause accumulated to this file), details of the administrative appraisals carried out in their time to compensate the then IDA for the encumbrances under controversy. In that dimension, through appraisal No. 30-86 approved by the ICE on April 15, 1986, an assessment of the easement to be imposed on IDA property was carried out for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the general details section of the property, it is indicated that it was owned by ALCOA de Costa Rica S.A., which sold it to the State, and the latter transferred it to the IDA, being at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons [...]\n\nHowever, there is not a single piece of evidence in this process that allows conjecturing that the imposition of that easement was accepted and paid to the person owning the servient properties, an aspect that is decisive in the analysis of the object of this process, to the extent that the claimed compensation is directly conditioned on the determination of whether that easement was effectively paid in favor of whoever at the time accepted or granted it. Only with that basic premise could an opposability and duty of acceptance of the easement be justified to someone who subsequently acquires an inheritance on which that type of encumbrance weighs for reasons of public interest. However, the evidence alluded to shows the existence of an economic appraisal to carry out civil reparation for the commented easement, carried out in 1986. Note that official letter FSA-0183-2019 of March 6, 2019, issued by INDER, does not allude to the fact that, in its time, the ICE paid for that easement, but rather limits itself to expressing its own criteria on the reasons why that payment to the current owners is inappropriate. From that perspective, it does not have the virtue of rebutting the mentioned criterion about the due payment of the imposed easement. That official letter affirms, without the required detail, that, in its time, the IDA accepted the constitution of the cited easement, however, it does not offer or indicate the specific detail of the act or document in which that entity may have shown such consent.\n\nThus, the successive tract postulated by that official communication cannot be taken as established, since, as has been stated, the aforementioned registry citations do not permit deriving the existence of that encumbrance (gravamen), in the terms affirmed by ICE and indicated by that official communication [...]\n\nAlthough it can be inferred that the consent for passage by IDA, as indicated, lacks proof that would sustain the registry annotation of that easement (servidumbre), such that subsequent purchasers would have to bear the actions of ICE regarding the operation and maintenance of the works of the Río Macho-San Isidro transmission line project, given that the registry citations upon which ICE claims that condition have already been proven, through certificates issued by the National Registry itself, not to refer to that easement, but to a very different one that is not related, in any way, to that project. Thus, in accordance with the evidentiary duties that operate within a process of this nature, it is ICE that must credibly prove the concurrence of those presuppositions upon which it seeks to deny the right to compensation (indemnización) claimed by the plaintiff, which it ultimately fails to establish with the evidence provided, nor with its arguments. Even the filing and subsequent withdrawal of the expropriation (expropiación) proceedings referred to above reveals a series of deficiencies in the information and documentation records of that public entity regarding the project in question. This Chamber does not in any way doubt the public relevance of that project, but that does not imply that the material and legal effects of an easement can be imposed on a purchaser when it has not been demonstrated to have been constituted in a legitimate manner and in accordance with legality [...]\n\nTherefore, after the analysis set forth above, this Court considers that to the extent that there is no registry annotation of the constitution of the easement in favor of ICE, and at the same time the payment for that encumbrance (afectación) is not evident, the procedure mandated by Law No. 6313 for the imposition of that type of encumbrance cannot be deemed satisfied, and thus, despite the apparent nature of the easement, due to the physical notoriety of its existence, its enforceability against third-party purchasers cannot be inferred, and on that basis, the compensation sought cannot be denied. Indeed, from the analysis of the case file, ICE has not been able to prove with due forcefulness the constitution of the easement of the nature and condition that materially burdens the plaintiff's property, but moreover, its registry backing has also not been established, which in itself reveals substantial irregularities in the configuration and operation of this type of encumbrance. The foregoing by virtue of the fact that, since the easement constitutes, as set forth above, a limitation imposed on a property, which prevents the titleholder of the domain from carrying out a set of actions relating to their estate (heredad), it is necessary, as a prerequisite for its legitimacy, that it has been accepted by the titleholder of the servient tenement (fundo sirviente), and that it has been constituted in accordance with the legal norms governing that aspect. Hence, in order for the lawfulness of the procedures, to the extent that under article 2 of Law 6313 there is a declaration of public interest regarding all works of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad pertaining to the fulfillment of its legal purposes, the imposition of an easement such as the one analyzed required the carrying out of the corresponding appraisal (avalúo) (article 2 of said Law number 6313), and notification of that act to the titleholder of that property (article 7 of the same Law, and 140 of the General Law of Public Administration). Those actions were carried out regarding the estate now under debate, however, the plaintiff did not accept the appraisal made by the public entity.\n\nFrom the analysis of the evidence provided in this proceeding, it is noted that ICE initiated expropriation (expropiación) proceedings against Mr. José Blanco Valverde, proceedings conducted under case file No. 12-000483-1028-CA before the Administrative and Civil Treasury Court (Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo y Civil de Hacienda), for the purpose of imposing an easement on the property registered under Folio Real 1-623027-000, as well as compensating for the residual damage and the tower site to be located as part of the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line project. However, in a brief dated November 4, 2013, within the expropriation proceedings 12-000483-1028-CA, ICE's legal representative withdrew from the said proceedings, stating for those purposes: “Based on the technical studies, as well as the background studies carried out by my client, it was possible to establish that said lands have already been compensated and that no change or expansion is being made regarding the easement that was constituted with the Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA) through administrative appraisal number 30-1986 and which appears as an encumbrance (carga) on the land adjudication by said institution from the year 1990. (…)”. By the ruling issued at 14 hours 42 minutes on November 4, 2013, the Administrative and Civil Treasury Court deemed the expropriation proceedings, case file 12-000483-1028-CA, withdrawn. Following this, on November 21, 2013, ICE petitioned to continue the proceedings. In a brief dated April 8, 2015, it requested that the object of the expropriation proceedings be modified, considering that it was not appropriate to compensate the easement or the tower site, but only the access road for maintaining the tower, because that easement had been constituted by the original owner in 1980, that is, the then ITCO, a request that was rejected by the ruling issued at 09 hours on May 27, 2015. In a brief dated August 14, 2015, ICE indicates that based on the arguments presented in the brief received on April 8, 2015, it requested the withdrawal of the expropriatory process, without award of costs. By the ruling issued at 11 hours 26 minutes on August 19, 2015, the Administrative and Civil Treasury Court deemed the expropriation withdrawn and noted that regarding the administrative appraisal, any arrangement between the parties must be made through the avenue they consider most convenient. The foregoing reveals that although ICE promoted the procedures required by law for the imposition of the easement on the plaintiff, it later determined to withdraw from that process, under the position that said right had already been compensated, an aspect that, as has been stated, could not be established. Therefore, the aforementioned expropriation proceeding cannot be considered satisfied, and since the registry constitution of the easement in question could not be verified, nor the effective payment to IDA in its due time, it is necessary to declare the duty of ICE (and the corresponding right of the plaintiff) to institute the due expropriation actions for the purpose of compensating the titleholder of that property for the limitations that materially burden their estate, considering for those purposes, the material and legal implications of the easement. From that standpoint, in accordance with the analysis presented in this judgment, ICE must be ordered, within a maximum period of two months calculated from the finality of this judgment, to institute the due legal procedures in order to carry out the economic appraisals through the respective valuation reports (avalúos), and procedures that permit the compensation for just price (justiprecio) and eventual expropriation to the plaintiff for the encumbrance (afectación) that the Río Macho-San Isidro Electric Line project produces on the real property of their ownership. In that vein, it is necessary to consider, within the fixing of that just price, the existence of the easement and the limitations imposed on those lands, and any other aspect that in accordance with Law No. 6313, is strictly necessary to include within the determination of the corresponding just price. On the other hand, it is worth noting that said appraisal must be carried out considering the encumbrance on the property in the San José district, registered under Folio Real [Value 026], cadastral map [Value 027], with an area of seven hundred fifty square meters, given that it has been established that this estate originated from the segregation of 50% of the property [Value 028] and its respective aggregation with property [Value 030] [...]\n\nXVI.- On the other hand, compensation for subjective moral damages (daño moral subjetivo) is sought in the following terms: “SUBJECTIVE MORAL DAMAGE. It consists of the pain, anguish, suffering, anxiety, the arrogance of ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electric line, without asking permission, implying that the strip of land used as an easement belonged to ICE, which produced, for me and my family, great emotional instability. Prudential estimation, five million colones, for the purposes of article 58 subsection E of the CPCA.” The scope of coverage of the norms and principles that integrate and constitute the non-contractual civil liability (responsabilidad civil extracontractual) of the Public Administration transcends the reparation of eminently material damages, to include within its area of protection, damages of an extra-patrimonial nature, which arises as a natural consequence of a type of liability that is rooted in damage and risk. The foregoing finds its basis in the doctrine of constitutional canon 41, by establishing the principle of integral reparation of damage, which is conferred as a right to individuals in their individual framework, in their property, or in their moral interests. It concerns the due protection against infringements to an individual's legal situation, which includes their patrimonial assets, but also, their inner sphere. Thus, it is indeed inferred from Article 197 of the General Law of Public Administration, a norm that provides: “Liability may arise for damage to purely moral assets, as well as for the moral suffering and physical pain caused by death or by the injury inflicted, respectively.” Thus, it is evident that moral damage (daño moral) is verified when the sphere of extra-patrimonial interest of the individual is injured. However, keeping in mind that its violation can generate patrimonial consequences, it can certainly be quantified. Therefore, a distinction must be made between subjective moral damage and objective moral damage. On this subject, national jurisprudence is abundant. See, among many, judgment 316-f-2006 of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, which explains that: “VIII.- Moral damage (also called in doctrine incorporal, extra-patrimonial, affection damage, etc.) is verified when the sphere of extra-patrimonial interest of the individual is injured, however, since its violation can generate patrimonial consequences, it is pertinent to distinguish between 'pure' subjective moral damage, or affection damage, and objective or 'objectified' moral damage. Subjective moral damage occurs when an extra-patrimonial right has been injured, without affecting the patrimony, normally involving an unjust disturbance of the individual's mental conditions (disgust, discouragement, despair, loss of satisfaction in living, etc., e.g., the offense against honor, dignity, privacy, the so-called damage to life in relation, grief over the death of a family member or loved one, etc.). (…) In sum, moral damage consists of physical, psychic, affection, or moral pain or suffering inflicted by an unlawful act. Normally the fertile field for moral damage is that of personality rights when they are violated.” Regarding its quantification and proof, by its very nature, it does not require direct evidence, that is, it is subject to the equitable assessment of the judge. This is because it involves an effect produced in the inner core of the person. In relation to this, the aforementioned First Chamber, in judgment no. 537 of 10 hours 40 minutes on September 3, 2003, stated: “…It is deduced through presumptions inferred from evidence (indicios), since the unlawful generating act reveals the moral damage, because when the psyche, health, physical integrity, honor, privacy, etc., are damaged, the damage is easy to infer, which is why it is said that proof of moral damage exists 'in re ipsa'. Nor must its value be proven because it has no concrete value. It is assessed prudentially. It is not, then, a matter of quantifying the suffering, as it is invaluable, but of establishing monetary compensation for its injury, the only mechanism to which the law can resort, in order to repair, at least in part, its offense.” Even so, it is the criterion of this collegiate body that although its granting is not conditioned upon or subject to evidentiary factors, the same is not true when it comes to establishing the causal link that permits it to be sought. That is, the causal relationship that would allow the subjective moral damage to be considered as having occurred must be proven, at least, by linking a public action or inaction as the source causing the internal injury. Furthermore, despite the aforementioned evidentiary dispensation, its fixing is subject to the principles of reasonableness and proportionality. Hence, in each case, the jurisdictional authority must weigh the particularities and scope of the conflict, so that its granting and quantification conform to those guiding criteria and do not result in excessive compensation leading to unjustified benefits. Ergo, its fixing must maintain a fair balance derived from the specific factual framework. Therefore, in this case, it has been established that ICE did not formalize the imposition of the easement on the plaintiff's property through the required registry formalization, nor the prior reparation that would have allowed the enforceability of that limitation against the plaintiff without any right to compensation. On the parameters for assessing subjective moral damage, in ruling No. 080-2019-VI of 14 hours 20 minutes on June 28, 2019, a series of guidelines was established that impose aspects of necessary consideration to rationalize the definitions regarding said type of injury. A fundamental element is the necessary establishment and clarity of the antecedent circumstances that constitute or are considered as the adequate cause of the damage sought. In that sense, the plaintiff indicates that the source of the suffering was “…the arrogance of ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electric line, without asking permission, implying that the strip of land used as an easement belonged to ICE, which produced, for me and my family, great emotional instability…”. Regardless of the recognition of the plaintiff's right to obtain retribution for the de facto easement burdening their property, the fact of the matter is that the claimant associates that moral damage with a circumstance that has not been duly accredited in this process, consisting of the disturbance derived from an act they term “arrogant” by ICE officials, in entering and leaving their property. This is a matter that has not been accredited or addressed in any way by the claimant, and that, although one can anticipate that within a logical context, given the type of civil work passing over the plaintiff's property, maintenance of the electric line must be carried out, and that would, in principle, entail the need to enter the servient property, the fact of the matter is that the complaint is completely devoid of indications or elements of conviction that would permit establishing any type of consideration regarding the existence or not of those reproaches upon which the damage under study is based. Note that, in the context of the complaint, the cause attributed to that injury is precisely those alleged conducts and not other circumstances. Ergo, by virtue of the principle of procedural congruence, regulated in article 119 of the CPCA, this Court could not base the analysis of this claim on considerations that were not expressly formulated by the proposing party, much less speculate on unstated causal relationships.\n\nThus, the rejection of the damage under examination is ordered [...]\".\n\nVI.- On the legal regime applicable to the expropriation power and constitution of easements (servidumbres) of ICE.\nIn light of what has been alleged, it is necessary to present a brief review of the rules that regulate the activity of imposing an electrical transmission line easement in favor of ICE. The very dynamics of the actions undertaken by ICE for the exercise of its service-provision competencies in electricity and telecommunications constitute the legitimizing basis for the assignment of a public power that enables it to expropriate the property required for the satisfaction of that public interest it is called to satisfy. But furthermore, it justifies the imposition of easements on the properties necessary for carrying out its activities. In that line, Law No. 6313 of January 4, 1979 (Gaceta No. 14 of January 19, 1979), the Law of Acquisitions, Expropriations and Constitution of Easements of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (Ley de Adquisiciones, Expropiaciones y Constitución de Servidumbres del Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), -reformed by Law No. 8660 of July 29, 2008 (Alcance No. 31 to La Gaceta No. 156 of August 13, 2008)-, is precisely that special norm that regulates the expropriation dynamics of that public entity, as well as the procedure and rules pertaining to the imposition of easements (servidumbres). This legal source declares of public utility the real property, rights, or legitimate patrimonial interests that ICE requires for fulfilling its legal duties (articles 1 and 2). That regulation establishes the procedure that ICE must follow in expropriation matters, a topic that is not relevant in this case. It suffices for these purposes to point out that according to precept 22 of the same law, those provisions are applicable to the imposition of compulsory easements for the installation of electrical and telecommunications lines by ICE. This means that the appraisal or valuation (tasación o avalúo) specified in the rules from 2 to 7 and concordant must be performed prior to ordering the constitution of the easement, in such a way that the indemnification parameter for the imposition of such an administrative real right is included within that reference. However, the topic of the appraisal is not the object of this litigation, it being clear that this case rests on whether or not the registration of that right in the National Registry (Registro Nacional) is proper and whether or not there is a duty to indemnify on the part of ICE.\n\nVII.- On administrative easements (servidumbres administrativas). Generalities. Legal regime.\nThe easement (servidumbre), according to civil law, is a real right, over another's real property, by virtue of which the owner will be obligated not to do something or to permit something to be done on it for the benefit of another person or thing. From this perspective, it has been conceptualized as a real right in another's thing; that is, it constitutes a real power over another's property to partially use it in some aspect; the owner of the servient tenement has a limit on the exercise of their property right. Its legal regulation is positivized in articles 370 to 382 of the Civil Code (Código Civil). Among its characteristics, the following can be listed:\na) It is a real right: the thing burdened is real property owned by another (article 370 Civil Code);\nb) It is inseparable: it is an accessory right to real property, for which reason it is indissoluble (articles 371 and 410, paragraph 4 of the Civil Code);\nc) It implies the existence of two real properties (canon 370 of the same law);\nd) It is indivisible, meaning that even when the servient tenement is divided between two or more owners, the easement is not modified, imposing the duty to tolerate it in the corresponding part. If the dominant tenement is divided, each new owner enjoys the easement, without increasing the burden on the previous servient tenement (article 372 ibid.);\ne) In principle, it is a perpetual right;\nf) It is always manifested through obligations not to do or to allow to be done, not through obligations to do;\ng) It limits the exclusivity of property, not its absoluteness;\nh) Utility; it serves a criterion of utility, generating an advantage in favor of the dominant tenement.\ni) They cannot be constituted on one's own land (principle \"Nemini Res Sua Servit\");\nj) Prediality, only one estate is useful to another, and it cannot be established for or against a person (precept 370 ibid.). On this point, see the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (Sala Primera de la Corte Suprema de Justicia), in ruling 750 of 4:30 p.m. on October 2, 2002. Regarding its legal typology, they can be Apparent and non-apparent (mandates 378 and 379 ibid.), Continuous and discontinuous (378 and 379), Positive and negative, depending on the imposition of obligations to stop doing something, or, in the latter case, the prohibition of conducts that would otherwise be lawful if the easement did not exist; Compulsory and voluntary (article 379, example: easement of passage to a landlocked estate, canons 395 to 400 Civil Code). In the specificity of administrative easements (servidumbres administrativas), it must be understood that the administrative easement is a real Public Right constituted by a state entity over another's real property, for the purpose of the latter serving the public use. Unlike the civil easement, its purpose is directed toward public use and not toward favoring a specific property for private interests. From this perspective, given this teleological dimension, it is customary that it transforms into a public domain asset, with the characteristics of being unattachable, imprescriptible, and inalienable, as conferred by canon 262 of the Civil Code. Regarding its form of constitution, this type of administrative easement can be constituted by express manifestation of law, by ex legem authorization, but made concrete by the Administration through an act that orders them. However, they can also be constituted by conventional agreement, that is, by the concurrence of will between the owner of the servient tenement upon which the easement is imposed and the specific Administration seeking to constitute it. In certain instances, the legal system tolerates them arising through cession or by mere tolerance (article 378 of the Civil Code). Nevertheless, it is clear that they must be indemnified, given that they do not deal with a mere limitation on the absoluteness of property, as restrictions are, but rather with an affectation of the exclusivity of the domain, ergo, by virtue of it, the owner loses the exclusivity of total enjoyment over a part, of the bare ownership (see article 254 of the Civil Code). This economic reparability differentiates easements from mere administrative restrictions, which, in order of their generality, in principle, are not indemnifiable, unless they substantially affect the domain, in which case they transform into a de facto expropriation (expropiación de hecho), provided for in canon 13 of the Expropriations Law (Ley de Expropiaciones). Furthermore, it is relevant to indicate that the easement does not affect the legal status of titleholder of the thing, a stage that is maintained. However, while the easement does not deprive the owner of the use of the thing, it obliges them to tolerate the joint use that the public Authority makes through the specific acts that must correspond to the cause that gave it genesis. To that extent, the owner may use the property in accordance with the conditions imposed by law, or, when it is conventional, in accordance with the obligations that were voluntarily agreed upon, agreements which, according to article 1022 of the Civil Code, shall have the force of law between the parties. This is fundamental, because an easement that substantially enervates the owner's right to use the thing would essentially amount to a transfer of the property to the totality of public use, which would lead, it is insisted, to a de facto expropriation and not an easement. Finally, for the extinction of this type of figures, article 381 of the Civil Code establishes the reasons that cause them to expire. In that sense, it lists the following causes:\na) Resolution of the right,\nb) Fulfillment of the term or condition, if it was constituted for a term or period,\nc) By confusion, the reunion of the servient and dominant tenements in the hands of a single owner,\nd) Remission or waiver by the owner of the dominant tenement,\ne) Non-use for the time necessary to prescribe and because the properties come to a state in which the easement cannot be used, and\nf) because the properties come to such a state that the easement cannot be used. In administrative easements, it has been noted that such extinction occurs by legal disposition, by deaffectation, by affectation to the public domain of the rest of the property, or by destruction of the servient tenement, or by deterioration or modification that makes it incompatible with the purpose of the administrative easement. On the other hand, in the case of easements constituted in favor of public entities, administrative legality requires that their constitution be carried out by means of the respective public deed (escritura pública), as well as the due registration entry. In this regard, see ruling No. 64-2014-VI of this Administrative Litigation Court (Tribunal Contencioso Administrativo), as well as resolution No. 966-F-2005 of 2:10 p.m. on December 15, 2005, of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice.\n\nVIII.- On the content of the easement in the specific case.\nAs is evident from the case file, in 1990, the IDA assembled a total of 9 farms from the Alcoa settlement to assign a series of parcels via segregation, among which, title [Valor 038] (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and to Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it is recorded that from that farm, the plaintiff segregated in his own name a series of lots, among which title [Valor 038] is of interest to this proceeding.\n\nSimilarly, it is noted that on August 31, 2009, the plaintiff purchased from Mr. José Blanco Valverde a lot of land for construction, registered under Real Property Folio </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 030]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, segregated from the property registered under Real Property Folio </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 038]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, with cadastral map number </span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 031]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, with an area of 500 square meters. Subsequently, on February 8, 2016, he acquired from José Blanco Valverde a lot adjacent to the one indicated in the previous point, registered under Real Property Folio </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 028]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, cadastral map </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 029]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, segregated from the property registered under </span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 038]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">. At the time of acquiring the properties in the Partido de San José, Real Property Folio </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 030]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (cadastral map </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 031]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">) and </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 028]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (map No. </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 029]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">), said properties were subject to a transferred easement (servidumbre trasladada) registered under the following registry citations </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 041]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, which corresponds to an easement of way on foot, on horseback, and with a cart until reaching the street, in favor of property registration number 1-86127, established on July 2, 1940. The plaintiff seeks compensation for the de facto imposition of the easement affecting the aforementioned properties, stating that on these properties, there is a dwelling house affected by the existence of this de facto easement. Regarding these claims, it is worth citing what was established by this Sixth Section in judgment No. 141-2018-VI of the</span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#010101\" data-mce-style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\"> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">15:00 hours of November 19, 2018, in which a claim similar to the present one was resolved, precisely referring to the parent property from which the plaintiff's properties derived by segregation (fraccionamiento), that is, property </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 038]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">. Regarding the background of the composition of the easement in question, an aspect of particular relevance to this dispute, that ruling stated in its core: </span></span></span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"text-indent: 0mm; margin: 0.00mm 13mm 0.00mm 13mm;\"><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>“</em></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#010101\" data-mce-style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><strong><em>VII.- On the content of the easement in the specific case. Typology. Scope. </em></strong></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>As is evident from the case file, in 1990, the IDA consolidated a total of 9 properties from the Alcoa settlement to assign, via segregation (fraccionamiento), a series of parcels, among which, folio </em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>[Valor 038]</em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <em> (corresponding to lot 4-2) was assigned to José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas, who at that time was his wife. Subsequently, it is noted that from that property, the plaintiff segregated in his own name a series of lots, among which the folio </em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>[Valor 038]</em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em> is of interest to this proceeding. The plaintiff seeks compensation for the de facto imposition of the easement affecting the aforementioned properties, as well as for the construction of the tower site. In this sense, he indicates that within the property </em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>[Valor 038]</em></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> <em> is tower site number T-122. In turn, he seeks reparation for damage to the remainder. Regarding this mention, the following should be noted. As established by Article 70 of the Ley de Tierras y Colonización, No. 2825, in force at the time of the Río Macho-San Isidro project, the ITCO, later IDA, was empowered to provide lands for works of public interest. In that sense, the regulation indicated: \"The Institute, the Ministries of Public Works, Health and Education preferentially, the Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, Municipalities and other related Autonomous Institutions, are empowered to complete land grants with the construction of works for roads, irrigation, sanitation, medical assistance, hospital centers, housing, education and other common services.\" This regulation enabled rights of use to be configured within these lands for the execution of public service works. Now, as part of the Río Macho-San Isidro Electric Line project, through appraisal No. 521-82 of the ICE, dated November 3, 1982, issued for the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line construction, the value assigned for easement purposes was appraised on the properties owned by the IDA, numbers 129321-208058, registered in volumes 1465-2084, folios 390-339, entries 6-2, with an area of 40 hectares 1973.25 square meters and 20 hectares 2867.19 square meters, respectively. Regarding the easement right, it was indicated that it was imposed on the IDA's property, on a strip 20 meters wide, along a length of 745 meters, for a total affected area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters, heading north to south. Considering the placement of three tower sites, the total value of the easement determined at that time was ¢7,460.00 (seven thousand four hundred sixty colones). (Folios 197-199 of the main file). Then, </em></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#010101\" data-mce-style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>Through appraisal No. 30-86 approved by the ICE on April 15, 1986, an appraisal of the easement to be imposed on the IDA's property was carried out for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the general property details section, it is indicated that it was owned by Alcoa de Costa Rica S.A., which sold to the State and the latter ceded to the IDA, being at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons. That appraisal established an area to be affected of 20 meters wide by 745 meters long, for a total area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. In the transmission line section, it detailed that it affected parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4 of block 4-A of Alcoa. A total value of the easement right of ¢29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones) was assigned. In that instrument, it was noted that three tower positions would be located within the easement, namely: T121, T122, and T123. That appraisal was approved by the Board of Directors of the ICE in resolution 2502, session 3773 of April 15, 1986, Article 9, subsection 8). In that agreement, it was indicated that the easement was for the passage of the electrical grid, with a width of 10 meters on each side of the center line, that is, 20 meters in total, with a length of 745 meters, for a total easement area of 1 hectare 4900 square meters. (Images 496-510 of the main file) Similarly, it is noted that on September 24, 1987, the ICE issued a payment order in favor of the IDA, for an amount of ¢29,820.00 (twenty-nine thousand eight hundred twenty colones), with the following detail: “To pay the value of the easement right over the property in San José, located in Pérez Zeledón, as a consequence of the passage of the Transmission Line Río Macho-San Isidro. See appraisal No. 30-86, approved by the Board of Directors in session No. 3373 of 4/15/86. HAND OVER CHECK TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.” (Image 505 of the main file) </em></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>As has been detailed, both properties regarding which the cited appraisal was issued (folios 129321 and 208058), formed part of the 9 properties that were consolidated by the IDA in the public deed executed on August 18, 1990, through which a series of parcels were segregated within the Alcoa project. Specifically, regarding what is relevant to the present cause, this Court has established within the list of proven facts that </em></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#010101\" data-mce-style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>through public deed number 18, executed before notaries public Marta Eugenia Solano Arias and Julio Sánchez Carvajal, acting under the protocol of the former, dated August 18, 1990, the then representative of the IDA, Mr. Carlos Prendas Lépiz, consolidated a series of properties, among which are folios of the Partido de San José 78649-000, 86127-000, 123458-000, 123460-000, 129321-000, 180282-000, 208058-000, 216143-000, 220772-000 and 111976-000. Similarly, in clause four of that public deed, lots were segregated for the project called Alcoa cuatro, within which, lot four-two, </em></span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><em>land for agriculture, located in the third district of canton 19 of the Province of San José, with an area of 12 hectares 3,069 square meters 57 square decimeters, in equal parts to Mr. José Blanco Valverde and Mrs. Juana Navarro Vargas. In that public deed, it was established that all acquirers accepted the sale of each segregated parcel and understood that these were made accepting limitations, within which, the clause identified with the letter “CH)” provided: “CH) That the State shall have the right at any time to take up to twelve percent of the alienated areas to exercise therein the easements of way necessary for the construction and surveillance of all kinds of communication routes and the use of hydroelectric forces, as well as the construction and surveillance of telegraph and telephone lines; the use of the indispensable land for the construction of bridges and docks; the extraction of materials for those same works, the use of water courses that are necessary for the supply of populations, watering places for cattle, irrigation or any other uses of general interest. For the areas it takes for the indicated purposes, the State shall pay the original purchase price and the value of the necessary and useful improvements.” (Images 105-108, 520-609 of the main file) In this sense, in the same deed of assignment of that property, notice was given of the possibility of imposing easements, an aspect that coincided grammatically with Article 70 of Law No. 2825, in force at that time, and which sets the same conditions of administrative limitations reflected in the signed agreement. Ergo, from the acquisition of that parcel in 1990, being that the Río Macho-San Isidro project existed, the acquirers were aware of that eventuality.” </em></span></span></span></p>\n<p><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">&nbsp;</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma;\">That reference is necessary because it highlights the situation that characterized the parent property and that, by derivation, is transferred to the properties that were segregated in favor of the petitioner. From that standpoint, it is clear that, on the acquisition date, the disposition by the ICE regarding the use of the space for the high-voltage power line was already materially evident and notorious. However, unlike what the defendant entity's representation states, this circumstance alone does not eliminate the relevance or admissibility of the claims made in this dispute.  </span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IX.- </strong></span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Now, the plaintiff himself points out that, at the time of acquiring the properties in the Partido de San José, Real Property Folios </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 030]</span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (cadastral map </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 031]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">) and </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 028]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (map No. </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 029]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">), said properties were subject to the transferred easement (servidumbre trasladada) registered under the registry citations </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 041]</span></span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, an easement of way on foot, on horseback, and with a cart until reaching the street, in favor of property registration number 1-86127, established on July 2, 1940. Similarly, a transferred easement (servidumbre trasladada) under citations 0382-00007487-01-0817-002, and a transferred easement under citations 0382-00007487-01-0818-001. However, after the analysis of the case file and a review of the various positions issued regarding proceedings in which, like the present one, civil reparation has been sought for what has been considered a de facto easement, this Court reiterates its position held in the aforementioned judgment No. 141-2018-VI, in the sense that, from the analysis of those registry citations, although they impose a transferred easement, their content does not allow concluding that it refers to the power line easement that was the subject of consideration in appraisal 30-86 raised in its opportunity by the ICE for the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line construction [...]</span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">From that standpoint, that registry detail does not allow it to be considered a proven fact that the registration of parcel 4-2, assigned to Mr. Blanco Valverde, from which the property </span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 038]</span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\"> originated, and which subsequently led to the segregation of the folios acquired by the petitioner, implied the registry entry of an easement imposition related to the electrical transmission line of the cited Río Macho-San Isidro project, since the one registered under citations </span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 041]</span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\"> refers to the terms already indicated. Now, from the objective analysis of the case file, it is evident that there has been no express acceptance of the easement subject to complaint, from the party who, at the relevant historical moment, was the legitimate owner of the property on which that limitation was imposed, specifically the IDA, in accordance with the permissibility granted to it by Article 70 of Law No. 2825. From the analysis of administrative appraisal 30-86 already referred to above, it is evident that the ICE, in its opportunity, carried out an analysis of the implications of the imposition of that easement on the lands that would occupy tower sites T-121, T-122, and T-123, ergo, concerning the plaintiff's estate, which corresponds, as he himself indicates, to tower site 122. The appraisals provided by the defendant entity are from November 1982 and April 1986, the most recent and specifically the latter, 30-86, in which a detail of the area over which the easement is constituted is made, which allows for the geographical coincidence with the strip of land whose reparation is now sought. Both refer to the property from which the estate owned by the petitioner emerged, obtained in 1990, a date on which the IDA had already granted the easement in favor of the ICE.</span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#010101\" data-mce-style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #010101; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">On this aspect, it should be noted that </span></span><span face=\"Tahoma\" color=\"#00000a\" data-mce-style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\" style=\"color: #00000a; font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">on August 18, 1990, when the IDA chose to manage the consolidation of properties and segregation of parcels, among which the plaintiff's is found, the existence of that easement was already physically evident, given the apparent nature of that encumbrance. Since the property under Real Property Folio 623027-000 was segregated from the property </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 038]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">, and later, from this estate emerged the folios </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 030]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (cadastral map </span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 031]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">) and </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 028]</span> <span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\"> (map No. </span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 029]</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">), that particularity of prior knowledge of the material existence of the easement and of the Proyecto de Línea de Transmisión Río Macho San Isidro was equally present. However, it is clear that the mere evidence of an easement does not speak to the legitimacy of its existence, as the express consent of the owner of the servient tenement would be necessary, as well as any timely indemnifications arising from those voluntary limitations, an aspect that is analyzed below.</span></span></span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">X.- </span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\">Now, this factual account shows that in its due time, the ICE constituted the easement for the passage of the aerial line, from which it is clear that from that historical moment, the right of way for the electric line over the referred area arose, which to that extent became the servient tenement of the easement of way in favor of the ICE. That easement, insofar as it involves the placement of electrical wiring towers, implies the possibility for the ICE to enter the affected area to carry out the necessary maintenance of that infrastructure. However, although at the time the plaintiff acquired his properties via segregation in August 2009 and February 2016, clause CH) of the segregation deed warned the acquirer of the possibility of affecting the property with that type of projects or works, the reality is that the assessment of the evidence provided in this case does not allow establishing that this instrument manifested the direct intention to impose an easement in favor of the ICE regarding the cited project, and that this limitation was transferred to the parcels that were segregated. Unlike other cases resolved by this Administrative Litigation Court, Sixth Section, in which the registry existence of that type of easement was established, in this case, documents issued by the administrative registry office have been provided, in which it is recorded that the easement registered under citations </span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\">[Valor 041]</span><span data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11pt;\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 10); font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt;\"> does not coincide with the type of encumbrance that the ICE claims was constituted in that registry entry. Those items, on the contrary, show that this easement involves a permissibility of passage on foot, horseback, or cart but bears no relation whatsoever to one concerning an electrical power line. From this angle of examination, from the registry standpoint, there is no element that would have given the acquirer an objective possibility of knowing about the existence of that administrative limitation. It is, of course, clear that since on the date of acquisition (2009 and 2016), the project in question was already under construction (as it began in 1984), being an easement for electrical transmission lines, it is an apparent easement, whereby, from the physical-visual perspective, the plaintiff was in a position to know of the existence of that limitation, especially considering that the Río Macho-San Isidro project dates from 1983. However, that mere material existence does not speak to the inadmissibility of the compensation claims made. Indeed, in light of what has been set forth above, the implementation of that type of easements requires either the registry entry of its existence at the time the acquisition of ownership of the affected property is constituted, or, in the case of apparent ones, to prove with the due force that they have been compensated to the original owner. For such purposes, the ICE provides as support for its position, both in the denial of the claim and in the justification of the counterclaim it raises (as well as the cause consolidated in this file), details of the administrative appraisals carried out in their time to compensate the then IDA for the encumbrances subject to controversy. In this dimension,</span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">through appraisal No. 30-86 approved by the ICE on April 15, 1986, an appraisal of the easement to be imposed on the IDA's property was carried out for the purposes of the Río Macho San Isidro transmission line project. In the general property details section, it is indicated that it was owned by ALCOA de Costa Rica S.A., which sold to the State and the latter ceded to the IDA, being at that date divided into parcels, leased to different persons [...]</span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">However, there is not a single piece of evidence in this process that allows conjecturing that the imposition of that easement was accepted and paid to the person owning the servient properties, an aspect that is decisive in the analysis of the object of this process, to the extent that the claimed compensation is directly conditioned on the definition of whether that easement was effectively paid to whom, at the time, accepted or granted it. Only with that basic prerequisite could the enforceability and duty of acceptance of the easement be justified for someone who subsequently acquires an estate on which that type of public interest encumbrance weighs. However, the aforementioned evidence shows the existence of an economic appraisal to make a civil reparation for the commented easement, carried out in 1986. Note that official letter FSA-0183-2019 of March 6, 2019, issued by the INDER, does not refer to the ICE having paid for that easement at the time, but is limited to expressing its own criteria on the reasons why such payment to the current owners is inappropriate. From that standpoint, it does not have the virtue of refuting the mentioned criterion regarding the due payment of the imposed easement. That official letter asserts, without the necessary detail, that, in its opportunity, the IDA accepted the constitution of the cited easement, yet it does not offer or indicate the specific detail of the act or document in which that entity may have shown such consent. In this way, the successive tract postulated by that official letter cannot be considered established, because, as has been said, the already mentioned registry citations do not allow deducing the existence of that encumbrance, under the terms claimed by the ICE and indicated by said official letter [...]</span></p>\n<p><span idextracto=\"287327\" class=\"example1 287327\" style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Although it can be inferred that the consent for passage by the IDA, as has been indicated, there is no evidence that allows sustaining a registry annotation of that easement, such that the subsequent acquirers would have to bear the actions of the ICE regarding the operation and maintenance of the works of the Río Macho-San Isidro transmission line project, given that the registry citations on which the ICE claims that condition, it has already been considered proven, through certificates issued by the National Registry itself, that they do not refer to that easement, but to a very different one that is not related, in any way, to that project. In this manner, attending to the evidentiary duties that operate within a process of this nature, it is the ICE that must credibly prove the concurrence of those assumptions on which it seeks to deny the right to compensation claimed by the plaintiff, which it ultimately fails to establish with the evidence provided, nor with its arguments. Even the filing and subsequent withdrawal of the expropriation proceedings referred to above shows a series of deficiencies in the information and documentation records of that public entity regarding the project in question.</span></p>\n\nThis Chamber does not in any way doubt the public relevance of that project, but that does not imply that the material and legal effects of an easement (servidumbre) that has not been demonstrated to have been constituted legitimately and in accordance with legality can be imposed on a purchaser [...]</p>\n<p>Thus, following the analysis set forth above, this Tribunal considers that to the extent that there is no registry annotation of the constitution of the easement in favor of ICE, and at the same time payment for that encumbrance is not evident, the procedure imposed by Law No. 6313 for the imposition of that type of encumbrance cannot be considered satisfied, and in that manner, despite the apparent nature of the easement, due to the physical notoriety of its existence, its enforceability against third-party purchasers cannot be inferred and, based on that, the indemnities sought cannot be denied. Indeed, from the analysis of the case file, ICE has not been able to credibly demonstrate with the required forcefulness the constitution of an easement of the nature and condition that materially encumbers the plaintiff's property, and moreover, its registry backing has also not been established, which in itself reveals substantial inaccuracies in the configuration and operation of this type of encumbrance. The foregoing by virtue of the fact that, since an easement constitutes, as has been set forth above, a limitation imposed on a property, which prevents the owner of the domain from carrying out a set of actions related to their estate, it is necessary, as a prerequisite for its legitimacy, that it has been accepted by the owner of the servient tenement, and that it has been constituted in accordance with the legal norms governing that aspect. Hence, in order to ensure the legality of the procedures, to the extent that under the terms of Article 2 of Law 6313 there is a declaration of public interest regarding all works of the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad pertaining to the fulfillment of its legal purposes, the imposition of an easement such as the one analyzed required the carrying out of the corresponding appraisal (Article 2 of the aforementioned Law number 6313), and communication of that act to the owner of that property (Article 7 of the same Law, and 140 of the Ley General de la Administración Pública). Those actions were carried out with respect to the estate now under debate, however, the plaintiff did not accept the appraisal performed by the public entity. </p>\n<p>From the analysis of the evidence provided to this proceeding, it is established that ICE filed an expropriation proceeding against Mr. José Blanco Valverde, a proceeding processed under case file No. 12-000483-1028-CA before the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo y Civil de Hacienda, for the purpose of imposing an easement on the farm registered under Folio Real 1-623027-000, as well as indemnifying the remnant damage and the tower site to be located as part of the Río Macho-San Isidro Transmission Line project. However, in a brief dated November 4, 2013, within the expropriation process 12-000483-1028-CA, ICE's legal representative withdrew from the cited proceeding, indicating for those purposes: “<em>Based on the technical studies, as well as the background studies conducted by my represented entity, it was established that said lands have already been indemnified and that no change or expansion is being made regarding the easement that was constituted with the Instituto de Desarrollo Agrario (IDA) through administrative appraisal number 30-1986 and which appears as a charge on the adjudication of the lands of said institution in 1990. (…)</em>”.  By order issued at 14 hours 42 minutes on November 4, 2013, the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo deemed the expropriation proceedings, case file 12-000483-1028-CA, withdrawn. In response, on November 21, 2013, ICE petitioned to continue with the proceedings. In a brief dated April 8, 2015, it requested that the object of the expropriation proceedings be modified, considering that it was not appropriate to indemnify the easement or the tower site, but only the access road to maintain the tower, since that easement had been constituted by the original owner in 1980, that is, the then ITCO, a petition that was rejected by the order issued at 09:00 hours on May 27, 2015. In a brief dated August 14, 2015, ICE indicated that based on the arguments set forth in the brief received on April 8, 2015, it requested the withdrawal of the expropriation process, without a costs order. By order issued at 11 hours 26 minutes on August 19, 2015, the Juzgado Contencioso Administrativo deemed the expropriation withdrawn and noted that regarding the administrative appraisal, any arrangement between the parties had to be made through the channel they considered most appropriate. The foregoing demonstrates that although ICE initiated the procedures imposed by law for the imposition of the easement on the petitioner, it later decided to withdraw from that process, under the position that this right had already been indemnified, an aspect that, as has been set forth, could not be established. Therefore, the aforementioned expropriation procedure cannot be considered satisfied, and since the registry constitution of the easement in question could not be verified, nor the effective payment in its time to the IDA, it is necessary to declare the duty of ICE (and the corresponding right of the plaintiff) to institute the due expropriation actions in order to compensate the owner of that farm for the limitations that materially encumber their estate, considering for those purposes the material and legal implications of the easement. From that standpoint, in accordance with the analysis presented in this judgment, ICE must be ordered, within a maximum period of two months calculated from the finality of this judgment, to institute the due legal procedures in order to carry out the economic assessments through the respective appraisals, and procedures that allow the indemnification of the just price and eventual expropriation to the plaintiff for the encumbrance that the Río Macho-San Isidro Electric Line project produces on the real property they own. In that order, it is necessary to consider, within the determination of that just price, the existence of the easement and the limitations imposed on those lands, and any other aspect that, in accordance with Law No. 6313, must strictly be included within the determination of the corresponding just price. On the other hand, it should be noted that said appraisal must be carried out considering the encumbrance on the farm located in the San José district, registered under Folio Real [Value 026], cadastral map [Value 027], with an area of seven hundred and fifty square meters, given that it has been established that this estate arose from the segregation of 50% of property [Value 028] and its respective combination with farm [Value 030] [...]</p>\n<p> XVI.- On the other hand, payment of subjective moral damages is claimed in the following terms: “<em> SUBJECTIVE MORAL DAMAGE. It consists of the pain, anguish, suffering, anxiety, the arrogance of ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electrical line without asking permission, making it seem as if the strip of land used as an easement belonged to ICE, which produced, together with my family, great emotional instability. Prudential estimation, five million colones, for the purposes of Article 58 subsection E of the CPCA.” </em>The scope of coverage of the norms and principles that constitute the tort liability of the Public Administration transcends the reparation of eminently material damages, to include within its area of protection damages of a non-economic nature, which arises as a natural consequence of a type of liability rooted in damage and risk. The foregoing finds its basis in the doctrine of constitutional canon 41, by establishing the principle of full reparation of damage, which is conferred as a right to individuals in their personal sphere, property, or moral interests. It concerns the due protection against infringements on the legal situation of the person, which includes their patrimonial assets, but also their internal sphere. This is indeed inferred from numeral 197 of the Ley General de la Administración Pública, a norm that provides: “<em>There shall be liability for damage to purely moral assets, as well as for the moral suffering and physical pain caused by death or by the injury inflicted, respectively.</em>” Thus, it is evident that moral damage occurs when the sphere of an individual's non-economic interest is injured. However, keeping in mind that its violation can generate economic consequences, it can certainly be quantified. Therefore, a distinction must be made between subjective moral damage and objective moral damage<em>.</em>  On this subject, national jurisprudence is abundant. One may see, among many, judgment 316-f-2006 of the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, which explains that<em>: “VIII.-  Moral damage (also called in doctrine non-pecuniary, non-economic, sentimental, etc.) occurs when the sphere of an individual's non-economic interest is injured, however, as its violation can generate economic consequences, a distinction can be drawn between subjective 'pure' moral damage, or sentimental damage, and objective or 'objectified' moral damage. Subjective moral damage occurs when a non-economic right has been injured, without impacting the patrimony, normally implying an unjust disturbance of the individual's mental conditions (displeasure, discouragement, despair, loss of satisfaction in living, etc., e.g., injury to honor, dignity, privacy, the so-called loss of enjoyment of life, affliction due to the death of a family member or loved one, etc.). (…) In short, moral damage consists of physical, psychological, sentimental, or moral pain or suffering inflicted through a wrongful act. Normally, the fertile field of moral damage is that of personality rights when they are violated.” </em>Regarding its quantification and proof, by its very nature, it does not require direct evidence, meaning its assessment is equitable, made by the judge. This is because it is an effect that occurs within the internal realm of the person. In this regard, the previously mentioned First Chamber, in judgment no. 537 of 10 hours 40 minutes on September 3, 2003, stated: “…<em>It is deduced through presumptions inferred from indicia, since the wrongful generating event reveals the moral damage, for when the psyche, health, physical integrity, honor, intimacy, etc. are damaged, it is easy to infer the damage; for this reason it is said that the proof of moral damage exists ‘in re ipsa’. Nor should its value be proven because it does not have a concrete value. It is assessed prudentially. It is not a matter, then, of quantifying the suffering, because it is invaluable, but of setting monetary compensation for its injury, the only mechanism to which the law can resort, in order to repair, at least in part, its offense.”.</em> Even so, it is the criterion of this collegiate body that although its granting is not conditioned or subject to evidentiary factors, the same does not apply when it comes to establishing the causal link that allows it to be requested. That is to say, the causal relationship that would allow the subjective moral damage to be deemed to have occurred must be proven, at least, by linking a public action or inaction as the source causing the internal injury. On the other hand, despite this aforementioned evidentiary dispensation, its determination is subject to the principles of reasonableness and proportionality. Hence, in each case, the jurisdictional authority must weigh the particularities and scope of the conflict so that its granting and quantification conform to said guiding criteria and do not result in excessive indemnities leading to unjustified benefits. Therefore, its determination must maintain a fair balance derived from the specific factual framework. Well, in the instant case, it has been established that ICE did not finalize the imposition of the easement on the plaintiff's property through the proper registry formalization, nor the prior reparation that would have allowed the enforceability of that limitation against the plaintiff without any right of reparation. Regarding the assessment parameters for subjective moral damage, in ruling No. 080-2019-VI of 14 hours 20 minutes on June 28, 2019, it established a series of guidelines that impose aspects of necessary consideration to rationalize the definitions regarding this type of injury. A fundamental element is the necessary establishment and clarity of the background circumstances that constitute or are considered the adequate cause of the claimed damage. In that sense, the plaintiff indicates that the source of the suffering was \"…<em>the arrogance of ICE in entering and leaving my property to maintain the electrical line without asking permission, making it seem like the strip of land used as an easement belonged to ICE, which produced, together with my family, great emotional instability…”</em>. Regardless of the recognition of the plaintiff's right to obtain retribution for the de facto easement that encumbers their property, the truth of the matter is that the claimant associates that moral damage with a circumstance that has not been duly proven in this proceeding, consisting of the disturbance derived from conduct they term \"arrogant\" on the part of ICE personnel when entering and leaving their property. This issue is one that has not been proven nor addressed in any way by the claimant, and while it can be anticipated that within a logical context, it is feasible that, given the type of civil work that crosses the plaintiff's property, the electrical line must be maintained, and that this would lead, as a matter of principle, to the need to enter the servient property, the truth is that the lawsuit is entirely devoid of indications or elements of conviction that would allow some type of consideration to be established regarding the existence or not of those reproaches on which the damage under study is based. Note that, in the context of the lawsuit, the cause to which that injury is attributed is precisely those supposed conducts and not other circumstances. Therefore, according to the principle of procedural congruence, regulated in ordinal 119 of the CPCA, this Tribunal cannot base the analysis of this claim on considerations that were not expressly formulated by the proposing party, much less speculate on causal relationships not set forth. Thus, the rejection of the damage under examination is ordered [...]\".</p>"
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