Practice question
In Baterna’s delayed-payment setting, does the present-value method simply replace the legally relevant taking-date base with today’s market sale price?
- No.
- Yes; it abandons the historical base altogether.
- Yes; the owner’s latest asking price is automatically final.
- Yes; no valuation evidence is required.
- Yes; it cancels Rule 67’s reckoning point.
Legal references
- Spouses Baterna v. National Transmission Corp., G.R. No. 276920, January 21, 2026, main decision, operative present-value and postfinality-interest rulings: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2026/jan2026/gr_276920_2026.html
- RA 12289, Sections 3 and 7-8, amending RA 10752 coverage and its renumbered Sections 7-8 on possession and valuation: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99855
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