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Mar 29, 2023 property-law just-compensation forgery municipal-liability expropriation philippine-law

Forged Signatures and Municipal Liability: Just Compensation for Illegally Constructed Roads

When a municipality builds a road on private land based on a forged deed, the owner may be entitled to just compensation rather than removal of the road.