Practice question
The government acquires private farmland for a public railway. It says the constitutional public-use requirement is satisfied and therefore no compensation issue remains. Explain the missing constitutional requirement.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article III, Section 9: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 10752, Sections 3 and 4, as amended by Republic Act No. 12289, Sections 3 and 4: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99855
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