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National Power Corporation vs Court of Appeals 254 SCRA 577

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS and MACAPANTON MANGONDATO, respondents.

G.R. No. 113194 | 1996-03-11

PANGANIBAN, J.: 


At what point in time should the value of the land subject of expropriation be computed: at the date of the "taking'" or the date of the filing of the complaint for eminent domain? This is the main question posed by the parties in this petition for review on certiorari assailing the Decision 1 of the Court of Appeals 2 which affirmed in toto the decision of the Regional Trial Court of Marawi City 3. The dispositive portion of the decision of the trial court reads: 4 

WHEREFORE, the prayer in the recovery case for Napocor's surrender of the property is denied but Napocor is ordered to pay monthly rentals in the...