1. Nadel V. Starkman, the sad but true story that opens 6 years
CH. 32, wasted everyone's time for years before it
finally was resolved at the court of appeals.
2. Your textbook authors compare being partners in a being married.
partnership to--
3. Every Texas partnership must register and file its True
partnership agreement with the Office of the Secre-
tary of State.
4. A parternship is epitomized by the patterns agree- Both profits and losses.
ment to share--
5. Nancy and Joe, girlfriend and boyfriend, tried very Lost
hard to keep their relationship a secret from Joe's
wife. So when they started buying houses as "part-
ners"(but with Joe's money), the properties were tilt-
ed in navy's name only. After the city condemned
one of the properties (a forced sale to the city), Nan-
cy refused to give Joe any of the cash proceeds. Joe
sued Nancy in state court, where he ---
6. Any liability of a partnership to outsiders --eg., for Apparent
torts - can be triggered by the act of any of the part-
ners who has (i) actual, (ii) implied, or (iii) authority
to act on behalf of the partnership.
7. Just last week, Frank and Frankie, longtime part- Probably yes.
ners in a rare book dealership, filed papers with
the Secretary of State to dissolve their partnership.
Then Frankie flew to London and was the winning
$10 million bidder at Christie's for a rare copy of
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Shakespeare's first folio. When she checked in for
the auction, she had handed over a "Frank & Frankie
Co." business card without thinking...
If Frankie then had buyers' remorse and tried to
back out of the purchase, cold the auction house
successfully sue the partnership?
8. If a partner purports to act on behalf of the part- Yes, either by accepting the
nership but in fact has no authority to do so, can benefit of or by failing to time-
the partnership ratify that unauthorized action if it ly repudiate the unauthorized
chooses to? transaction.
9. Whatever one partner knows, each of the partners True
of a partnership is legally deemed to know.
10. Jimmy and Jammy are partners in an art gallery. The Partnership
One day Jimmy knowingly sells a fake Frida Kahlo to
an unwitting customer for $3 million. Soon enough
the customers finds out and sues. Is the "Jimmy &
Jammy Co." liable, or only Jimmy?
11. Jimmy goes to a bar on Saturday night. He drinks No
enough to bring out his inner demons, then point-
lessly commits criminal assault & battery on another
patron who was just minding his own business. Is.
the Jimmy & Jammy Co. liable for this criminal act
since Jimmy is a partner?
12. The XYZ partnership borrows $1M from BOA. Then Only those unwise enough to
XYZ loses its biggest customer and, as a result, stops be general partners.
making payments to BoA. Are the individual XYZ
partners liable to BoA in their individual capacities?