Jarvis v. Jarvis

Appellant Jarvis Properties is a limited partnership that owns a two-acre parcel of land. Its two general partners-appellant Todd Henry Jarvis and respondent James Alvin Jarvis (brothers)-each own a 50 percent interest in the partnership, which is less than the majority consent required *725to act on behalf of the partnership ( Corp. Code, § 15904.06, subd. (a) ). The general partners cannot agree on what to do about the two-acre parcel and their partnership agreement does not address the question of what occurs in the event of a decision-making deadlock. They have, therefore, turned to the…