| | 2.__Action against partnership and partners.__An action may be | brought against the partnership and, to the extent not | inconsistent with section 1034, any or all of the partners in the | same action or in separate actions. |
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| | 3.__Judgment against partnership; partner.__A judgment against | a partnership is not by itself a judgment against a partner.__A | judgment against a partnership may not be satisfied from a | partner's assets unless there is also a judgment against the | partner. |
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| | 4.__Execution against assets of partner.__A judgment creditor | of a partner may not levy execution against the assets of the | partner to satisfy a judgment based on a claim against the | partnership unless the partner is personally liable for the claim | under section 1034 and: |
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| A.__A judgment based on the same claim has been obtained | against the partnership and a writ of execution on the | judgment has been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part; |
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| B.__The partnership is a debtor in bankruptcy; |
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| C.__The partner has agreed that the creditor need not | exhaust partnership assets; |
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| D.__A court grants permission to the judgment creditor to | levy execution against the assets of a partner based on a | finding that partnership assets subject to execution are | clearly insufficient to satisfy the judgment, that | exhaustion of partnership assets is excessively burdensome | or that the grant of permission is an appropriate exercise | of the court's equitable powers; or |
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| E.__Liability is imposed on the partner by law or contract | independent of the existence of the partnership. |
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| | 5.__Application to partnership liability or obligation.__This | section applies to any partnership liability or obligation | resulting from a representation by a partner or purported partner | under section 1036. |
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| §1036.__Liability of purported partner |
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| | 1.__Liability of purported partner.__If a person, by words or | conduct, purports to be a partner, or consents to being | represented by another as a partner, in a partnership or with one | or more persons not partners, the purported partner is liable to | a person to whom the representation is made, if that person, | relying on the representation, enters into a transaction with the |
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