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NPC vs. Marasigan

NATIONAL POWER CORPORATION, Petitioner, vs. APOLONIO V. MARASIGAN, FRANCISCO V. MARASIGAN, LILIA V. MARASIGAN, BENITO V. MARASIGAN, JR., and ALICIA V. MARASIGAN, Respondents. Present: SERENO, C.J, Chairperson, LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, DEL CASTILLO, CAGUIOA*, and TIJAM,JJ

G.R. No. 220367 | 2017-11-20

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION 
 
DECISION
 
TIJAM,J.:
 
This Petition for Review1 on Certiorari under Rule 45 challenges the Decision2 dated September 1, 2015 of the Court of Appeals (CA) in CAG.R. CV No. 97640, which affirmed the Decision3 dated December 20, 2010 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pili, Camarines Sur, in the expropriation case commenced by petitioner National Power Corporation (NPC) against respondents as registered owners of the subject properties. 
 
The Antecedents
 
For purposes of constructing and maintaining its steel transmission lines and wooden...