On the case of appropriated land

(Conclusion) In Republic v. Espina & Madarang Co. (EMC) and Makar Agricultural Corp. (MAC), the Philippine government expropriated three parcels of land (collectively, “subject land”), which the estate of Insolvencia Voluntaria de Olarte Hermanos y Cia (“Olartes”) had claimed to own. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) had been paying Olartes the Road