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    J.M. TUAZON VS. LTA Digest

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    1. The lower court's decision that RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 was unconstitutional is reversed. 2. The constitution grants broad congressional power and is intended to be dynamic and accommodate future needs. Thus, the challenged statute authorizing expropriation of land is valid. 3. The power of expropriation is not limitless as property owners are entitled to just compensation for expropriated land equal to its value at the time it was taken.

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    J.M. TUAZON VS. LTA Digest

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    1. The lower court's decision that RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 was unconstitutional is reversed. 2. The constitution grants broad congressional power and is intended to be dynamic and accommodate future needs. Thus, the challenged statute authorizing expropriation of land is valid. 3. The power of expropriation is not limitless as property owners are entitled to just compensation for expropriated land equal to its value at the time it was taken.

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    1. The lower court's decision that RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 was unconstitutional is reversed. 2. The constitution grants broad congressional power and is intended to be dynamic and accommodate future needs. Thus, the challenged statute authorizing expropriation of land is valid. 3. The power of expropriation is not limitless as property owners are entitled to just compensation for expropriated land equal to its value at the time it was taken.

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    J.M. TUAZON VS. LTA Digest

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    1. The lower court's decision that RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 was unconstitutional is reversed. 2. The constitution grants broad congressional power and is intended to be dynamic and accommodate future needs. Thus, the challenged statute authorizing expropriation of land is valid. 3. The power of expropriation is not limitless as property owners are entitled to just compensation for expropriated land equal to its value at the time it was taken.

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    J.M. Tuason & Co., Inc. vs.

    LTA

    Facts:
    On August 3, 1959, Republic Act No. 2616 took effect. The Act states that the Tatalon Estate jointly
    owned by J.M. Tuason and Co., Inc. Gregorio Araneta and Co., Inc. and Florencio Deudor et. al was
    authorized to be expropriated. The Land Tenure Administration was then directed by the Executive
    Secretary to institute the expropriation of the aforesaid property. Without wasting time, J.M. Tuason &
    Co., Inc. filed a petition for prohibition with prayer for the issuance of preliminary injunction to prevent
    respondents from instituting the expropriation. The lower court decided in favor of the Tuason and
    declared Act No. 2616 unconstitutional and a writ of prohibition was granted to the appellee.
    Respondent appealed the decision.

    Issue:
    Whether the RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 is constitutional?

    Held:
    The decision of the lower court holding that RA 2616 as amended by RA 3454 was unconstitutional is
    reversed.

    1. The question is of constitutional construction. The task is to ascertain the realization of the
    purpose of the framers and of the people in adopting the constitution. It is assumed that the words in
    the constitutional provisions express the objectivity sought to be attained. They are to be given their
    ordinary meaning except when technical terms are employed in which case the significance attached
    to them prevails. This case is such a case and is therefore one of the minimal construction. Congress
    has the legislative will to expropriate and subdivide lands it deems to be fit for sale. Moreover, it cannot
    be denied that congress has the capacity to exercise such authority. The language employed is not
    swathed in obscurity because congress has the legislative power as stated in the constitution. It is
    presumed that the constitution suffices to govern the life of the people not only at the present time but
    also in the indefinite future. The constitution though does not give rigid answers but is flexible and
    accommodates the problems the future may pose.

    2. The constitution is dynamic in nature and not static. It reflects the social and political environment of
    the times. It adapts and changes. Given the broad grant of congressional power so apparent from the
    text of the constitutional provision, the historical background as made clear during the deliberation for
    the Constitutional Convention, and the cardinal postulate underlying constitutional construction that its
    provisions are not to be interpreted to preclude their being responsive to future needs, the fundamental
    law being intended to govern the life of a nation as it unfolds through the ages, the challenged statute
    can survive the test of validity. If it were otherwise, then the judiciary may lend itself susceptible to the
    charge that in its appraisal of governmental measures with social and economic implications, its
    decisions are characterized by the narrow, unyielding insistence on the primacy of property rights,
    contrary to what the Constitution ordains.

    3. There should be no fear that the constitutional grant or power to expropriate lands is limitless. There
    is to be just compensation which means the equivalent for the value of the property at the time of its
    taking.

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