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Spouses Ernesto F. Curata, et al. Vs. Philippine Ports Authority

SPOUSES ERNESTO F. CURATA and LOURDES M. CURATA, EDUARDO M. MONTALBO, SPOUSES MARCELINO DALANGIN and VITALIANA DALANGIN, PABLO SUMANGA, HEIRS OF MATEO MACARAIG, HEIRS OF PAULINA ACOSTA, HEIRS OF NICOLAS ALDOVER, SPOUSES MARCIANO MANALO and LUCIA GABIA, GREGORIO FALTADO, SILVERIO ROSALES, and CESARIO ILAO, HEIRS OF ALDOVER, CATALINA PEREZ, LORNA PANTANGCO, SONIA PANTANGCO, BELEN PANTANGCO, IRENEO PANTANGCO, JR., PEDRO CHAVEZ, SATURNINA PEREZ, ESTELITA C. PEREZ, ESTELITA M. PEREZ, ROMEO PEREZ, RUBEN PEREZ, MARIO PEREZ, NABOCHO DONAZA PEREZ, MANUEL PEREZ, HERMINIGILDO PEREZ, MAYHAYDA PEREZ, ALFREDO PEREZ, ERNESTO PEREZ and ARACELI PEREZ (represented by ROSARIO PEREZ ROSEL), ROSALINDA BUENAFE, FRED M. HERNANDEZ married to SUSANA ILAO, VICENTE GUTIERREZ, MARIA LACSAMANA, HEIRS OF JUANA MACALADLAD, FELISA HERNANDEZ, FELINO HERNANDEZ and FLORENTINO MACATANGAY, HEIRS OF BASILIO MACARAIG and PACIENCIA DEL MUNDO, and ROSALINDA BUENAFE, Petitioners, versus PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY,Respondent.

G.R. Nos. 154211-12 | 2009-06-22


Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

D E C I S I O N

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Cases

Before the Court are six petitions and a motion for reconsideration of our Decision dated August 24, 2007,1 all offshoots of various orders, writs, and processes issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Branch 84 in Batangas City in Civil Case No. 5447, a suit for expropriation initiated on October 14, 1999 by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), entitled Philippine Ports Authority v. Felipa Acosta, et al.

While procedural and collateral issues abound, central to these petitions, however, is the matter of just compensation for the lots sought to be...