North Carolina § 59-69 - Rights where partnership is dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation.

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§ 59-69. Rights where partnership is dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation.

Where partnership contract is rescinded on the ground of the fraud or misrepresentation of one of the parties thereto, the party entitled to rescind is, without prejudice to any other right, entitled, To a lien on, or right of retention of, the surplus of the partnership property after satisfying the partnership liabilities to third persons for any sum of money by him for the purchase of an interest in the partnership and for any capital or advances contributed by him; and To stand, after all liabilities to third persons have been satisfied, in the place of the creditors of the partnership for any payments made by him in respect of the partnership liabilities; and To be indemnified by the person guilty of the fraud or making the representation against all debts and liabilities of the partnership. History (1941, c. 374, s. 39.)

Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 59-69 ("Rights where partnership is dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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