MANOTOK REALITY V. TECSON
164 SCRA 587
FACTS:
Private respondent in an earlier dispute was held to be a builder in good faith and the petitioner was adjudged to reimburse with PR having right of retention. He filed a motion to exercise option but was opposed since the property were burned during a fire.
HELD:
An issuance of a writ of execution is proper even if private respondent was adjudged to a builder in good faith or peculiar circumstances supervened. The option belongs to the landowner to begin with.