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Manila International Airport Authority, et al. vs. Joaquin Rodriguez

MANILA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY and FRANCISCO E. ATAYDE, Petitioners, vs. JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ, Respondent.

G.R. No. 161836 | 2006-02-28



THIRD DIVISION
D E C I S I O N 

TINGA, J.: 

Once again the perennial clash between government taking for public purpose, on one hand, and individual property rights, on the other, comes to fore, with the present case rendered interesting by a couple of twists. Apparently the taking was effected without the aegis of an expropriation case and yet the present owner of the property who is claiming compensation purchased it knowing that it has long been used as part of the airport runway. 

In the early seventies, petitioner Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the government-owned and controlled corporation managing and...