Case Digest (G.R. No. L-29203)
Facts:
The petitioners, Jane L. Garcia, Mayorico P. Sandico, Belen R. Garcia and Danilo Diokno, assailed the decision of the Court of Appeals (Special Tenth Division) in a certiorari petition against the private respondent National Power Corporation arising from Civil Case No. 3584 filed in the Court of First Instance of Pampanga on August 8, 1969 seeking a right-of-way easement over portions of Lots Nos. 633 and 634; the complaint sought right-of-way for the construction of a 69 KV Mexico-Balibago transmission line and covered some 2,835 square meters while the petitioners claimed Blocks 10 and 19 of a subdivision plan with aggregate areas of 6,190 and 20,439 square meters respectively; the petitioner-defendants answered, counterclaimed for rentals and damages and alleged that the NPC had occupied portions of the land as early as 1957 for other transmission lines; the trial court appointed a sole Commissioner who conducted inspection and hearings and recommended expropriation of Block...