Practice question
An LGU has a valid expropriation ordinance and makes a valid, definite purchase offer, which the owner rejects. It will comply with the remaining statutory and constitutional requirements. Does the rejection alone permanently bar expropriation?
- No; rejection satisfies the offer-related precondition and does not give the owner a permanent veto.
- Yes; an owner must consent to all eminent domain.
- Yes; a rejected offer extinguishes public purpose.
- Yes; only donated land may be acquired.
- Yes; rejection transfers the power to a private buyer.
Legal references
- RA 7160, Section 19, eminent domain: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html
- Municipality of Parañaque v. V.M. Realty Corp., G.R. No. 127820, July 20, 1998, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1998/jul1998/gr_127820_1998.html
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