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Municipality of Cordova etc. vs. Pathfinder

MUNICIPALITY OF CORDOVA, PROVINCE OF CEBU; THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF CORDOVA; AND THE MAYOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CORDOVA, PETITIONERS, VS. PATHFINDER DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND TOPANGA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 205544 | 2016-06-29

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari which petitioners Municipality of Cordova, Province of Cebu, the Sangguniang Bayan of Cordova, and the Mayor of the Municipality of Cordova filed seeking to reverse the Court of Appeals (CA) Decision[1] dated March 28, 2012 in CA-G.R. SP No. 06193 and to order the trial court to proceed to the second stage of the proceedings for the determination of the proper valuation of the expropriated properties.

The procedural and factual antecedents of the case, as borne by the records, are as follows:

Respondent Pathfinder Development Corporation (Pathfinder) is the...