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Feliciano G. Manansan vs. Republic of the Philippines, et al.

FELICIANO G. MANANSAN, Petitioner, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES and PHILIPPINE NATIONAL BANK, Respondents.

G.R. No. 140091 | 2006-08-10

FIRST DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

CALLEJO, SR., J.: 

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 52063 affirming with modification the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Manila in Civil Case No. 123003, granting the complaint of the Republic of the Philippines, through the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) (now DepEd), for the expropriation of the property of Agus Development Corporation (ADC, for brevity) and Feliciano G. Manansan. 

On April 17, 1979, the Republic, in behalf of the DECS, filed a complaint in the RTC of Manila for the...