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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF SATURNINO Q. BORBON, AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, REPRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, VS. HEIRS OF SATURNINO Q. BORBON, AND COURT OF APPEALS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 165354 | 2015-01-12

FIRST DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

BERSAMIN, J.:

The expropriator who has taken possession of the property subject of expropriation is obliged to pay reasonable compensation to the landowner for the period of such possession although the proceedings had been discontinued on the ground that the public purpose for the expropriation had meanwhile ceased.

Antecedents
 
The National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) is a government-owned and -controlled corporation vested with authority under Republic Act No. 6395, as amended, to undertake the development of hydro-electric generation of power, production of electricity from any and all sources,...