Kangas v. Winquist

It must be conceded that at common law there would be no liability upon a partner for a tort committed by another partner outside the scope of the partnership business. Therefore, the problem is, has either the partnership act or the owners’ liability act changed the situation. The majority opinion rests chiefly on the owners’ liability act; but since the two acts, in my opinion, are involved in a determination of the question, I shall discuss them in what seems to me to be their logical sequence.

1. The uniform partnership act, passed in Minnesota in 1921, 2 Mason Minn. St. 1927, § 7396,…