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National Power Corporation vs. Manubay Agro-Industrial Development Corporation 437 SCRA 60

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner, vs. MANUBAY AGRO-INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Respondent

G.R. No. 150936 | 2004-08-18

DECISION 
 
PANGANIBAN, J.: 
 
How much just compensation should be paid for an easement of a right of way over a parcel of land that will be traversed by high-powered transmission lines? Should such compensation be a simple easement fee or the full value of the property? This is the question to be answered in this case. 
 
The Case 
 
Before us is a Petition for Review[1] under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, seeking to reverse and set aside the November 23, 2001 Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-GR CV No. 60515. The CA affirmed the June 24, 1998 Decision[3] of the Regional Trial Court[4] (RTC)...