Legal Opinion
Harwell v. Cowan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 15, 1932No. Nos. 8901, 8902PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
1. Every change in the personnel of a partnership, such as the withdrawal of a member or admitting a new one, works a dissolution. 20 R. C. L. 954, § 178; Richards v. Butter, 65 Ga. 593, 598 (2); Preston v. Garrard, 120 Ga. 689, 690 (48 S. E. 118, 102 Am. St. R. 124, 1 Ann. Cas. 724). Civil Code (1910) § 3162 does not state all of the means of dissolving a partnership.
2. “No partner, by assigning his interest or otherwise, can introduce a new partner without the consent of the others, unless such power is reserved in the contract.” Civil Code (1910), § 3173.
3. Under the pleadings and the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Preston v. GarrardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Richards v. Butler & CarrollSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
3Cited by7 opinions
- Fenner & Beane v. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
- Stone v. First National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Moncrief v. RimerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Coady v. BatchelderWyoming Supreme Court · 1959
- King v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
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