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Republic vs. Court of Appeals and Diaz

THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REPRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION, Petitioner, versus THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS and FRANCISCO DIAZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE MANUEL DIAZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 147245 | 2005-03-31

D E C I S I O N
 
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case
 
Before the Court is a petition for review on certiorari[1] assailing the Decision[2] of 26 January 2001 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 57493. The Court of Appeals modified the Decision[3] of 28 November 1996 of the Regional Trial Court of Cabanatuan City, Branch 28 in Civil Case No. 1593-AF, but affirmed the trial court's award of P4 million to respondent. 
 
Antecedent Facts
 
Manuel Diaz owned approximately 172 hectares of tenanted agricultural land ("Property") devoted to the planting of palay. The Property was located in La Fuente, Sta. Rosa,...