40 gr no 172547 precy bunyi and mila bunyi

add persuasive dimension to the conclusion just made.
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G.R. No. 172547 June 30, 2009
PRECY BUNYI and MILA BUNYI, Petitioners,
vs.
FE S. FACTOR, Respondent.
Respondent Fe S. Factor is one of the co-owners of an 18-hectare piece of land located in Almanza,
Las Piñas City. The ownership of the land originated from respondent’s paternal grandparents
Constantino Factor and Maura Mayuga-Factor who had been in actual, continuous, peaceful, public,
adverse and exclusive possession and occupation of the land even before 1906.
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On December 9, 1975, the children of Constantino Factor and Maura Mayuga-Factor filed a Petition
for Original Registration and Confirmation of Imperfect Title to the said parcel of land, or Lots 1, 2, 3
and 4. On December 8, 1994, the trial court granted the petition in LRC Case No. N-9049 and
declared the children of Constantino Factor and Maura Mayuga-Factor as co-owners of the
property.
6
The children of Constantino Factor and Maura Mayuga-Factor thereafter sold seven (7)
hectares of the Factor family property during the same year. The siblings, except Enrique Factor,
respondent’s father, shared and divided the proceeds of the sale among themselves, with the
agreement that Enrique would have as his share the portion of the property located in Antioch Street,
Pilar Executive Village, Almanza I, Las Piñas City, known as the Factor compound.
Following his acquisition thereof, Enrique caused the construction of several houses in the
compound including the subject property, a rest house, where members of the Factor family stayed
during get-togethers and visits.
7
Petitioners Precy Bunyi and her mother, Mila Bunyi, were tenants in
one of the houses inside the compound, particularly in No. 8 Antioch St., Pilar Village, Almanza, Las
Piñas City since 1999.
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When Enrique Factor died on August 7, 1993, the administration of the Factor compound including
the subject rest house and other residential houses for lease was transferred and entrusted to
Enrique’s eldest child, Gloria Factor-Labao.
Gloria Factor-Labao, together with her husband Ruben Labao and their son Reggie F. Labao, lived
in Tipaz, Taguig, Metro Manila but visited and sometimes stayed in the rest house because Gloria
collected the rentals of the residential houses and oversaw the Factor compound. When Gloria died
on January 15, 2001, the administration and management of the Factor compound including the
subject rest house, passed on to respondent Fe S. Factor as co-owner of the property. As an act of
goodwill and compassion, considering that Ruben Labao was sickly and had no means of income,
respondent allowed him to stay at the rest house for brief, transient and intermittent visits as a guest
of the Factor family.
On May 31, 2002, Ruben Labao married petitioner Precy Bunyi. On November 10, 2002, Ruben
Labao died.
At about this time, respondent discovered that petitioners forcibly opened the doors of the rest house
and stole all the personal properties owned by the Factor family and then audaciously occupied the
premises. Respondent alleged that petitioners unlawfully deprived her and the Factor family of the
subject property’s lawful use and possession. Respondent also added that when she tried to enter