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DOTC vs. Spouses Abecina

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (DOTC), PETITIONER, VS. SPOUSES VICENTE ABECINA AND MARIA CLEOFE ABECINA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 206484 | 2016-06-29

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
SECOND DIVISION
 
DECISION
 
BRION, J.:
 
This petition for review on certiorari seeks to reverse and set aside the March 20, 2013 decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CA-G.R. CV No. 93795[1] affirming the decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Daet, Camarines Norte, Branch 39, in Civil Case No. 7355.[2] The RTC ordered the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) to vacate the respondents' properties and to pay them actual and moral damages.
 
ANTECEDENTS

Respondent spouses Vicente and Maria Cleofe Abecina (respondents/spouses Abecina) are the...