Practice question
A partner pays a supplier from personal funds for an authorized partnership purchase. The expenditure is genuinely on the firm's behalf. The partnership refuses reimbursement solely because personal funds were used. Under Article 1796, what follows?
- Personal funding always bars reimbursement.
- The payment automatically becomes a gift.
- The supplier alone owes the partner.
- The partnership's statutory responsibility for the qualifying disbursement applies.
- The partner must lose membership before reimbursement.
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles1786–1811 and1816–1824: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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