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National Power Corporation vs. Sps. Bernardo and Mindaluz Saludares

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner,vs.SPOUSES BERNARDO AND MINDALUZ SALUDARES, Respondents.

G.R. No. 189127 | 2012-04-25

SECOND DIVISION

D E C I S I O N

SERENO, J.:

 

This Rule 45 Petition questions the 21 July 2009 Decision of the Court of Appeals (CA),[1] which affirmed the 10 September 2002 Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC),[2] Branch 31, Tagum City.  The RTC had ruled that respondent spouses are entitled to P4,920,750 as just compensation for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by petitioner National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR).

        

Sometime in the 1970s, NAPOCOR constructed high-tension transmission lines to implement the Davao-Manat 138 KV Transmission Line...