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Land Bank of the Phil vs CA and Jose Pascual

LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, petitioner vs. COURT OF APPEALS and JOSE PASCUAL, respondents.

G.R. No. 128557 | 1999-12-29

D E C I S I O N

BELLOSILLO, J.:

The lofty effort of the Government to implement an effective agrarian reform program has resulted in the massive distribution of huge tracks of land to tenant farmers. But it divested many landowners of their property, and although the Constitution assures them of just compensation its determination may involve a tedious litigation in the end. More often, land appraisal becomes a prolonged legal battle among the contending parties - the landowner, the tenant and the Government. At times the confrontation is confounded by the numerous laws on agrarian reform which although intended to ensure the effective...