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Philippine Veterans Bank vs CA, Sec Dept of Agrn Ref and Land Bank

PHILIPPINE VETERANS BANK, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COURT OF APPEALS, HON. SECRETARY OF THE DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM, DEPT. OF AGRARIAN REFORM ADJUDICATION BOARD, DAVAO CITY and LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondents.

G.R. No. 132767 | 2000-01-18

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for review of the decision of the Court of Appeals,1 [Per Justice Conrado M. Vasquez, Jr. and concurred in by Justices Consuelo Ynares-Santiago (now Associate Justice of the Supreme Court), and Demetrio G. Demetria.] dated August 28, 1997, affirming the dismissal by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2, Tagum, Davao, of the petition for judicial determination of the just compensation filed by petitioner for the taking of its property under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner Philippine Veterans Bank owned four parcels of land in Tagum, Davao,...