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National Power Corporation Vs. Angel Suarez, et al.

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus ANGEL SUAREZ, CARLOS SUAREZ, MARIA THERESA SUAREZ, AND ROSARIO SUAREZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 175725 | 2008-10-08

D E C I S I O N


CARPIO MORALES, J.:


In issue in the present petition is whether petitioner, the National Power Corporation, in its acquisition of an easement of right of way (aerial) over a parcel of land, only a fee, not the full value of the land, must be paid.

In order to implement its 350 KV Leyte Luzon HDVC Power Transmission Project which aims to transmit the excess electrical generating capacity from the Leyte Geothermal Plant to Luzon and various load centers, petitioner filed before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Sorsogon, Sorsogon, a complaint on August 23, 1996[1] for expropriation of a parcel of land (the property) in...