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Lim vs. Kou Co Ping

G.R. No. 175256 LILY LIM, Petitioner, vs. KOU CO PING a.k.a. CHARLIE CO, Respondent. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x G.R. No. 179160 KOU CO PING a.k.a. CHARLIE CO, Petitioner, vs. LILY LIM, Respondent.

G.R. Nos. 175256 and 179160 | 2012-08-23

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila
 
FIRST DIVISION
 
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.: 
 
Is it forum shopping for a private complainant to pursue a civil complaint for specific performance and damages, while appealing the judgment on the civil aspect of a criminal case for estafa? 
 
Before the Court are consolidated Petitions for Review assailing the separate Decisions of the Second and Seventeenth Divisions of the Court of Appeals (CA) on the above issue. 
 
Lily Lim's (Lim) Petition for Review1 assails the October 20, 2005 Resolution2 of the Second Division in CA-G.R. CV...