Practice question
A partner commits a wrongful act in the ordinary course of partnership business, injuring a nonpartner. Under Article 1822, is the partnership necessarily free of liability because a natural person performed the act?
- Yes, juridical persons can never answer for partners.
- Yes, only strangers can commit wrongs.
- Yes, business context is irrelevant.
- Yes, a firm name erases injury.
- No; the partnership is liable to the same extent under the article's conditions.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles1786–1811 and1816–1824: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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