Byker v. Mannes, Michigan Supreme Court, 2002

Court: Michigan Supreme Court Date: 2002-03-26 Docket number: Docket 116380 Opinion type: combined Author: Mariman Judges: Mariman, Corrigan, Cavanagh, Weaver, Kelly, Taylor, Young, Markman Precedential status: Published

Mariman, J.

This Court granted leave in this case to consider whether Michigan partnership law, MCL 449.6(1), requires a subjective intent to form a partnership or merely an intent to carry on, as co-owners, a business for profit. The trial court found that a partnership is formed by persons whose intent is to carry on