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Republic of the Philippines vs. Leodigario Sarabia, et al.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the AIR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (ATO), Petitioner, versus LEODIGARIO SARABIA, HERMENIGILDO DE LA CRUZ, DELIA REBUTAR, MILDRED ROSE, ANITA DE LA CRUZ, ERLINDA LUCERIO, GEORGIE DE LA CRUZ, FELMA DE LA CRUZ, FELINO DE LA CRUZ, TERESITA SAMSON, and EVANGELINE COLOMER, Respondents.

G.R. No. 157847 | 2005-08-25

THIRD DIVISION

D E C I S I O N 

GARCIA, J.: 

Before the Court is this petition for review on certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court, assailing the decision[1] dated November 18, 2002 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. CV No. 66124, which affirmed the November 26, 1999 decision of the Regional Trial Court at Aklan, Branch 5, in an expropriation case thereat filed by the petitioner. The affirmed decision of the trial court dispositively reads: 

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered: 

1. Fixing the amount of P800.00 per square meter as just compensation to be paid by plaintiff to defendants for the taking of the...