Practice question
May an aggrieved party appeal a final order sustaining the right to expropriate before the later compensation determination is complete?
- Yes.
- No; the two stages are legally inseparable in every respect.
- Only the commissioners may appeal.
- Only after all compensation has been spent.
- No first-stage order can have any final character.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 66-68, specifically the procedural provisions identified in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 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
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