| | The section has also been broadened to cover no-fault torts by | the addition of the phrase, "or other actionable conduct." |
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| | The partnership is liable for the actionable conduct or | omission of a partner acting in the ordinary course of its | business or "with the authority of the partnership." This is | intended to include a partner's apparent, as well as actual, | authority, thereby bringing within Section 305(a) the situation | covered in UPA Section 14(a). |
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| | The phrase in UPA Section 13, "to the same extent as the | partner so acting or omitting to act," has been deleted to | prevent a partnership from asserting a partner's immunity from | liability. This is consistent with the general agency rule that | a principal is not entitled to its agent's immunities. See | Restatement (Second) of Agency § 217(b) (1957). The deletion is | not intended to limit a partnership's contractual rights. |
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| | Section 305(b) is drawn from UPA Section 14(b), but has been | edited to improve clarity. It imposes strict liability on the | partnership for the misapplication of money or property received | by a partner in the course of the partnership's business or | otherwise within the scope of the partner's actual authority. |
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| §1034.__Partner's liability |
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| | 1.__Jointly and severally liable.__Except as otherwise | provided in subsections 2 and 3, all partners are liable jointly | and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless | otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law. |
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| | 2.__Not personally liable for obligation prior to admission.__ | A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is | not personally liable for any partnership obligation incurred | before the person's admission as a partner. |
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| | 3.__Obligation incurred while limited liability partnership.__ | An obligation of a partnership incurred while the partnership is | a limited liability partnership, whether arising in contract, | tort or otherwise, is solely the obligation of the partnership.__ | A partner is not personally liable, directly or indirectly, by | way of contribution or otherwise, for such an obligation solely | by reason of being or so acting as a partner.__This subsection | applies notwithstanding anything inconsistent in the partnership | agreement that existed immediately before the vote required to | become a limited liability partnership under section 821, | subsection 2. |
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| | 4.__Exceptions to limited liability of shareholders.__The | exceptions under common law to a limited liability of |
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