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Art. 1816
Industrial partners are exempted from losses, but they are not exempted from liability to third persons. After exhausting the partnership property, all partners (including the industrial partners) are jointly liable for the excess debt. The industrial partner(s) have the right of reimbursement from the capitalist partners.
Answer to Illustration
100,000 Debt 80,000 (capital of the partnership) 20,000 excess debt (4,000 each) X Y W Z B
will be reimbursed by
X, Y, W, and Z (paying 1,000 each to B)
Art. 1817
Any stipulation against the liability laid down in the preceding article shall be void, except as among the partners.
Illustration
X, Y, W, Z, are capitalist partners each contributing 20,000 each. Z, by agreement with all other partners, is exempted from liability. Creditor R is a supplier with a credit against the partnership in the amount of 104,000. How will Creditor R be paid?
Answer to Illustration
104,000 Debt 80,000 (capital of the partnership) 24,000 excess debt (6,000 each) X Y W Z
reimbursed by X, Y, W by paying Z 2,000 each.
Illustration
A, B, C are partners. Total capital contribution is 50,000. Y allowed his name to be included in the firm name thus A, B, C and Y partnership. Mr. M, a partnership creditor, has a total credit of 110,000. Q1: How will Mr. Ms claim be satisfied? Q2: Supposing the partnership as a surplus, will Y be entitled to a share therein?
Answer to Illustration
A1: The capital contribution shall first be exhausted leaving an unpaid balance of 60,000. All the partners A, B, and C, and the Y shall be liable with their separate property, and shall each pay 15,000. A2: Y will not share in the surplus or profits of the partnership.
Notice to Partner
Notice to a partner is notice to the partnership (which cannot claim ignorance) when: a) matter relates to partnership affairs; and b) notice was given while still a partner (Art. 1821).
Knowledge of Partner
The following are considered knowledge of the partnership: 1) Knowledge of partner acting on a particular matter; 2) Knowledge of any other partner who reasonably could and should have communicated the knowledge to the acting partner (Art. 1821).
Illustration
A and B are partners in a business with a capital of 5,000. C, with the consent of A and B, represented to X that he was a partner of A and B in the partnership. X, because of his confidence in C, loaned the partnership money in the amount of 20,000. How will X be paid when the loan becomes due and demandable.
Answer to Illustration
20,000 Debt 5,000 (capital of the partnership) 15,000 excess debt (5,000 each) A B C
Illustration
In the previous illustration, if A consents to the representation of C, how will the credit of X be paid once it becomes due and demandable?
Answer to Illustration
20,000 Debt 0 (no partnership liability) 20,000 excess debt (10,000 each) A C