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Colarina vs CA, Judge Malanyaon, RTC-Br.32, Pili

CONRADO COLARINA, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE NILO MALANYAON, RTC-Br. 32, Pili, Camarines Sur; ASSET PRIVATIZATION TRUST; COMMITTEE ON PRIVATIZATION; DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM and BICOL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE, respondents.

G.R. No. 117439 | 1999-02-25

 
D E C I S I O N
 
BELLOSILLO, J.:
 
In Tacay v. RTC of Tagum, Davao del Norte[1] we decreed that when an action involves real property the legal fees for the filing thereof shall be assessed on the basis of its value. We have no reason to deviate therefrom. Conrado Colarina alleges that he was the owner of several parcels of land with a total land area of 6,340 hectares, more or less, which were placed under the compulsory coverage of RA No. 6657 otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988 under which the landowner is given the option to choose the mode of payment for his land....