· 2/2/1988
Levy v. Disharoon
Citations
- 749 P.2d 84
- 106 N.M. 699
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that a partner cannot maintain an action at law against another partner for damages until there has been a final settlement of the affairs of the partnership, meaning an action for dissolution and accounting
- stating that in an accounting proceeding, a partner charged with fraud and misconduct is accountable for damages
- stating that actions for accounting and settlement are actions in equity and not actions at law
- stating that partner is accountable in an accounting proceeding for damages for fraud
- “In a partnership relationship, each partner has the right to have his co-partner exercise good faith in all partnership matters.”
- when liquidating partner of partnership owned 85% of stock of third-party corporation, for all practical purposes corporation and liquidating partner treated as one and the same
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Judges: Sosa, Stowers, Ransom
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