Rules to Determine Existence of a Partnership

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1. Under Civil Code Article 1769, does co-ownership alone establish a partnership?
2. What is the Article 1769 effect of sharing gross returns alone?
3. Subject to Article 1769's listed exceptions, receipt of a share of a business's profits is what kind of evidence that t…
4. A landlord receives rent computed as a stated share of a tenant's business profits. No independent facts establish part…
5. A lender receives interest whose amount varies with the borrower's business profits. The transaction is a genuine loan,…
6. Two heirs inherit a building and merely lease it as co-owners, dividing the rent. They make no agreement to contribute …
7. A business employee receives a salary plus a bonus paid as a share of profits. The evidence establishes genuine employm…
8. Explain why co-ownership and sharing gross returns do not by themselves establish partnership under Article 1769. Relat…
9. A worker receives profit-linked wages, a landlord receives profit-linked rent and a genuine lender receives interest va…
10. A creditor receives installments of a genuine debt from a business's profits. Another person receives profit-based inst…
11. How does Article 1769 treat a genuine profit-funded annuity to the widow or representative of a deceased partner?
12. Does Article 1769’s ordinary prima facie profit-sharing evidence mean the inference can never be answered by contrary e…