Practice question
A city claims courts may review compensation but can never examine whether a delegated local expropriation has genuine public necessity. What does Masikip establish?
- Necessity and the public-use character are also reviewable
- Only the city can finally decide every issue
- A court may examine only the lot number
- An ordinance conclusively establishes all disputed facts
- Compensation review eliminates the public-use requirement
Legal references
- RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Section19 provisional-possession deposit.
- Masikip v. City of Pasig, GR136349, January23 2006, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/jan2006/gr_136349_2006.html Genuine necessity and public-use holdings.
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