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Filstream International Inc. vs Court of Appeals 284 SCRA 716

FILSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, petitioner, vs. COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGE FELIPE S. TONGCO and THE CITY OF MANILA, respondent.

G.R. No. 125218 | 1998-01-23

D E C I S I O N 
 
FRANCISCO, J: 
 
In resolving the instant petitions, the Court is tasked to strike a balance between the contending interests when the state exercises its power of eminent domain. On one side, we have the owners of the property to be expropriated who must be duly compensated for the loss of their property, while on the other is the State which must take the property for public use. 
 
Petitioner, Filstream International, Inc., is the registered owner of the properties subject of this dispute consisting of adjacent parcels of land situated in Antonio Rivera Street, Tondo II, Manila, with a total...