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Republic vs. Lichauco [DECISION]

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (Represented by the Land Tenure Administration, substituted by the Land Authority), plaintiff and appellant, vs. MARIANO F. LICHAUCO, ET AL., defendants. JOSE M. LICHAUCO, TRINIDAD GONZALES, FRANCISCO CASTILLO and JOSE CASTILLO

G.R. No. L-21436 | 1972-08-18

D E C I S I O N
 
ZALDIVAR, J.:
 
The Republic of the Philippines, by authority of Republic Act No. 1400, represented by the Land Tenure Administration, filed on December 2, 1957, in the Court of First Instance of Pangasinan a complaint against the defendants[1] for the expropriation of the lands of the "Hacienda El Porvenir", having an area of 1,352.84245 hectares, situated in the municipalities of Tayug, Natividad, San Quintin and Sta. Maria, province of Pangasinan.  In the complaint it was alleged, among other things, that the aggregate assessed value of the property was P434,440.00, and that the continuous...