G.R. No. 196199 - MANILA INTERNATIONAL PORTS TERMINAL, INC.,[1], VS. PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY.[G.R. No. 196252]PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY, VS. MANILA INTERNATIONAL PORTS TERMINAL, INC..D E C I S I O N - Supreme Court E-Library

Ruling

WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered: 1. Declaring Executive Order No. 30, issued on July 19, 1986 unconstitutional; 2. Declaring the takeover by defendant PPA of the properties of the plaintiff ILLEGAL; 3. Ordering defendant PPA and its incumbent general manager: a) to return and restore into plaintiff's possession all the equipment and properties that have been taken by the PPA as listed in Exh. "G" to "G-255" and Exh. "H" to "H-4". In the event that the same cannot be returned, defendant is ordered to pay plaintiff the corresponding value thereof in the sum of [P]180,000,000.00. b) to pay jointly and severally the plaintiff the amount of [P]1,500,000.00 a month representing actual damages for loss of income from operation and business starting July 18, 1986 until January 18, 2003; c) to pay plaintiff jointly and severally the amount of [P]1,500,000.00 a month as rental for the use of plaintiff's properties and equipment starting July 19, 1986 until the same are returned to plaintiff or the corresponding value thereof in the amount or [P]180,000,000.00 is paid. The amount previously paid by defendant to plaintiff as rentals shall be deducted therefrom; d) to pay plaintiff the sum of [P]200,000.00 as exemplary damages; e) to pay plaintiff the sum of [P]500,000.00 as attorney's fees; and f) to pay the costs. SO ORDERED.