Ch1 Flashcards
what is a partnership?
1767- by the contract of partnership, two or more person binds themselves in the contribution of money, property, or industry into a common fund with the intention of dividing the profits among themselves
what are the characteristics of a partnership?
consensual
nominate
Bilateral
commutative
onerous
principal
preparatory
what are the essential elements/ requisites of a partnership?
*there must be a valid contract
*the parties must have legal capacity
*there must be a mutual contribution of M,P,I into a common fund
*the object must be lawful
*the primary purpose must be to obtain profits and divide the same among the parties
cannot give their consent to a contract of partnership
*unemancipated minor
*insane or demented persons
*Deaf-mutes who do not know how to write
*Persons who are suffering from civil interdiction
*Incompetents who re under guardianship
article 1768
the partnership has a juridical personality separate and distinct from that of each of the partners, even in case of failure to comply with the requirements of article 1772, first paragraph
In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply (1769)
*person’s who are not partners as to each other are not partners as to a third person
*co-ownership or co-possession does not of itself establish a partnership
*sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership
*receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie
it is not prima facie when?
*debt by installments
*wages of an employee
*annuity to a widow or representative of a deceased
*interest on a loan
*as the consideration for the sale of a goodwill of a business or other property by installments or otherwise
what is prima facie?
at first sight
partnership by estopel
person by their acts, consent, or representations have misled third person or parties into believing that the former are partners in a non-existing partnership, such persons shall become subject to liabilities of partners to all who, in good faith, dela with them in their apparent relations
conjugal partnership of gains
partnership formed by the marriage of husband and wife by virtue of which they place in a common fund the fruits and income from their separate properties
what happens when an unlawful partnership is dissolved by a judicial decree?
the profits shall be confiscated in favor of the state, without prejudice to the provisions of the penal code governing the confiscation of the instruments and effects of a crime
effects of an unlawful partnership
*contract is void ab initio
*profits shall be confiscated
*instruments/ tools and proceeds of the crime shall also be forfeited in favor of the government
*contributions of the partners shall not be confiscated unless they fall under NO. 3
what is void ab initio?
void from the beginning
form of partnership contract
as a general rule, no special form is required for the validity of the contract of partnership. Exception: immovable property/ real rights
contribution of immovable property
1773- a contract of partnership is void, whenever immovable property is contributed thereto, if an inventory of said property is not made, signed by the parties and attached to the public instrument
requirements of an immovable property
*inventory
*signed by the parties
* attached to a public instrument
art. 1774
any immovable property or an interest therein may be acquired int he partnership name. title so acquired can be conveyed in the partnership name
secret partnership
shall have no juridical personality, and shall be governed by the provisions relating to co-ownership
as to a partnerships object
universal or particular