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RP vs Salem Investment Corp, De Elizalde, Cabarrus vda de Santos

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. SALEM INVESTMENT CORPORATION, MARIA DEL CARMEN ROXAS DE ELIZALDE, CONCEPCION CABARRUS VDA. DE SANTOS, defendants-appellees. MILAGROS AND INOCENTES DE LA RAMA, petitioners, ALFREDO GUERRERO, respondent.

G.R. No. 137569 | 2000-06-23

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:

The main petition in this case is for determination of just compensation for the expropriation of lands under B.P. Blg. 340. Alfredo Guerrero intervened in this proceeding arguing that, instead of the De la Ramas, he should receive the just compensation for the subject land. The trial court and the Court of Appeals declared him the rightful recipient of the amount. This is an appeal from the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals. We affirm.

The facts are as follows:

On February 17, 1983, Batas Pambansa Blg. 340 was passed authorizing the expropriation of parcels of lands in the names of defendants in this...