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Republic of the Phil. etc. vs. Phil. Ville Devt. & Housing Corp et al

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, represented by the TOLL REGULATORY BOARD, Petitioner, versus PHIL-VILLE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING CORPORATION and SY CHI SIONG AND CO., INC., Respondents.

G.R. No. 172243 | 2007-06-26

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GARCIA, J.:


Simply put, the lone legal issue involved in this petition for review is whether, under the facts obtaining in this case, a final determination of just compensation in an expropriation proceedings must first be made before an order of expropriation may be issued by the court. In its Decision[1] of January 27, 2006 in CA-G.R. SP No. 89878, as reiterated in its Resolution[2] of April 10, 2006, the Court of Appeals (CA) answered the issue in the...