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SECRETARY OF DAR,
G.R. No. 78742 (175 SCRA 343), July 14, 1989
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II
FUNDAMENTAL POWERS OF THE STATE
POLICE POWER
G.R. No. 78742 July 14, 1989
ASSOCIATION OF SMALL LANDOWNERS IN THE
PHILIPPINES,
INC.,
JUANITO
D.
GOMEZ,
GERARDO B. ALARCIO, FELIPE A. GUICO, JR.,
BERNARDO M. ALMONTE, CANUTO RAMIR B.
CABRITO,
ISIDRO
T.
GUICO,
FELISA
I.
LLAMIDO, FAUSTO J. SALVA, REYNALDO G.
ESTRADA, FELISA C. BAUTISTA, ESMENIA J.
CABE,
TEODORO
B.
MADRIAGA,
AUREA
J.
PRESTOSA, EMERENCIANA J. ISLA, FELICISIMA
C. ARRESTO, CONSUELO M. MORALES, BENJAMIN
R. SEGISMUNDO, CIRILA A. JOSE & NAPOLEON S.
FERRER, petitioners,
vs.
HONORABLE
SECRETARY
OF
AGRARIAN
REFORM, respondent.
G.R. No. 79310 July 14, 1989
ARSENIO AL. ACUNA, NEWTON JISON, VICTORINO
FERRARIS,
DENNIS
JEREZA,
HERMINIGILDO
GUSTILO, PAULINO D. TOLENTINO and PLANTERS'
COMMITTEE, INC., Victorias Mill District,
Victorias, Negros Occidental, petitioners,
vs.
JOKER
ARROYO,
PHILIP
E.
PRESIDENTIAL
AGRARIAN
COUNCIL, respondents.
JUICO
and
REFORM
ISSUE:
Whether or not the laws being challenged is a valid exercise of Police power or
Power of Eminent Domain.
RULING:
Police
Power
through
the
Power
of
Eminent
Domain,
though
there
are traditional distinction between the police power and the power of eminent
domain, property condemned under police power is noxious or intended for noxious
purpose, the compensation for the taking of such property is not subject to
compensation, unlike the taking of the property in Eminent Domain or the power of
expropriation which requires the payment of just compensation to the owner of the
property expropriated.