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Land Bank of the Philippines Vs. Hermin Arceo, et al.

LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES, Petitioner, versus HERMIN ARCEO, ROMEO L. SANTOS, MACARIO A. IGNACIO, AGNES D.C. MARQUEZ and RODEL V. DELA CRUZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 158270 | 2008-07-21

D E C I S I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

THIS case illustrates an appeal deserving of dismissal not because of wrong mode of remedy but on the ground of tardiness. Once a judgment becomes final and executory, it becomes immutable. It can no longer be amended or modified.

Before Us is a petition for review on certiorari of the Resolutions[1] of the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissing the notice of appeal of petitioner Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) from a Decision[2] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) in a petition for determination of just compensation.

The Facts

In 1983, respondent Hermin E. Arceo acquired a 7.9842-hectare parcel of...