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National Power Corporation Vs. Maria Bagui, Vedasto Bagui, et al

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner, versus MARIA BAGUI, VEDASTO BAGUI, FELICIANA BAGUI, EPIFANIA BAGUI, HEIRS OF MARGARITO MACARAIG and WIFE, represented by Dolores Macaraig, NIEVES VALDEZ and JAIME MARQUEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 164964 | 2008-10-17

D E C I S I O N


Tinga, J.:

Subject of this Petition for Review[1] is the Decision[2] dated 16 August 2004 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 72399, which affirmed in toto the 30 May 2001 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Batangas City, Branch 84 in the expropriation case filed by the National Power Corporation (NPC).

Petitioner NPC is a government-owned and controlled corporation created and existing by virtue of Republic Act (R.A.) No. 6395 for the purpose of undertaking the development of hydroelectric generation of power and production of electricity from any and all sources.[4] Respondents are the owners of...