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*THIRD DIVISION.
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proceedings before the RTC were not for expropriation, but were
for damages, to which Section 5, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of
Court is irrelevant.
Same Easements Words and Phrases The rightofway easement
resulting in a restriction or limitation on property rights over the
land traversed by transmission lines also falls within the ambit of
the term expropriation.Petitioner cannot insist that it only
acquired an easement of right of way on the properties of the
respondents and that it was liable to
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CHICONAZARIO, J.:
Before this Court is a Petition for Review on Certiorari
under Rule 45 of the 1997 Revised Rules of Civil Procedure
seeking to review, reverse, and set aside the Decision1
dated 21 April 2006 and Resolution2 dated 27 October 2006
of the Court of Appeals in CAG.R. CV No. 73656. In its
assailed Decision, the appellate court affirmed the
Resolution3 dated 16 April 2001, as modified by the Order4
dated 24 August 2001, of the Regional Trial Court (RTC),
7th Judicial Region, Branch 25, Danao City, in Civil Case
No. DNA547, awarding in favor of herein respondents
Santa Loro Vda. de Capin and spouses Julito Quimco and
Gloria Capin (Spouses Quimco) damages, in the total
amount P1,434,207.67 (at the rate of P448.33 per square
meter), for the 3,199squaremeter portion of their lots
taken by herein petitioner National Power Corporation
(NAPOCOR). In its assailed Resolution, the appellate court
denied petitioners Motion for Reconsideration.
The present controversy arose from the following facts:
Petitioner is a governmentowned and controlled
corporation duly organized under Philippine laws and
vested with the power of eminent domain by its Charter
under Republic Act No. 6395,5 as amended by Presidential
Decree No. 938.6 Pursuant to its 230 KV LeyteCebu
Interconnection Project (Interconnection Project), petitioner
expropriated several parcels of land in the Municipality of
Carmen and City of Danao in the Province of Cebu, which
will be traversed and affected by its transmission towers
and lines.
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1 Penned by Associate Justice Apolinario D. Bruselas, Jr., with
Associate Justices Arsenio J. Magpale and Vicente L. Yap, concurring
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just
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Carpio,**
Austria
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42Sumulong v. Guerrero, G.R. No. L48685, 30 September 1987, 154
SCRA 461.
43 Export Processing Zone Authority v. Dulay, G.R. No. L59603, 29
April 1987, 149 SCRA 305.
44Rollo, pp. 4243.
** Justice Antonio T. Carpio was designated to sit as additional
member replacing Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura per Raffle dated
22 September 2008.
*** Per Special Order No. 521, dated 29 September 2008, signed by
Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno, designating Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna to
replace Associate Justice Ruben T. Reyes, who is on official leave.
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