When a party enters into a covenant with another, he must perform his obligations with fealty and good faith. This becomes imperative where such party has been given a grant, such as land, under the land reform laws. While the tenant is emancipated from the bondage of the soil, the landowner is entitled to just compensation for the deprivation of his land. Authoritative pronouncements that farmer-beneficiaries cannot be faulted in non-payment of the fixed price agreed upon between them and the landowner under the honest belief that they (farmers) are now vested with absolute ownership of the land and that they cannot be expected to understand the legal implications of the existing lien/encumbrances annotated on their respective titles, appears to be anchored not on legal ground. "Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith."
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