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Air Transportation Office, et al. vs. Angelus Tongoy, et al.

AIR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS and MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, Petitioners, versus ANGELES URGELLO TONGOY and the HEIRS OF PILAR U. ARCENAS, namely, ENRIQUE ARCENAS, MONETTE ARCENAS SANCHEZ, RENATO U. ARCENAS, PATRICIA ARCENAS TING, ROY U. ARCENAS, VICTOR U. ARCENAS and ROSENDO U. ARCENAS,** Respondents.

G.R. No. 174011 | 2008-04-14

R E S O L U T I O N


CORONA, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari[1] of the March 31, 2004 decision and August 2, 2006 resolution[2] of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 55114.

In 1963, the Republic of the Philippines instituted expropriation proceedings for the improvement and expansion of the Lahug Airport in Cebu City. Among the properties affected were Lot Nos. 913-F and 913-G belonging to respondents.[3] The trial court ruled in favor of the government. The respondents filed an appeal.[4]

Pending the appeal, the parties entered into a verbal compromise agreement whereby the owners of the affected lots agreed to...