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Francia vs Municipality of Meycauayan

AMOS P. FRANCIA, JR., CECILIA P. FRANCIA, and HEIRS OF BENJAMIN P. FRANCIA, Petitioners, versus MUNICIPALITY OF MEYCAUAYAN, Respondent.

G.R. No. 170432 | 2008-03-24

R E S O L U T I O N 


CORONA, J.: 

On February 6, 2003, respondent Municipality of Meycauayan, Bulacan filed a complaint for expropriation[1] against petitioners Amos P. Francia, Jr., Cecilia P. Francia and Benjamin P. Francia[2] in the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Malolos, Bulacan, Branch 16. Respondent needed petitioners' 16,256 sq. m. idle property at the junction of the North Expressway, Malhacan-Iba-Camalig main road artery and the MacArthur Highway.[3] It planned to use it to establish a common public terminal for all types of public utility vehicles with a weighing scale for heavy trucks. 

In their answer,[4] petitioners...