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Practice question: Over the Parties

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Does jurisdiction over a partnership automatically extend to an unnamed partner for a personal money judgment?
  1. Yes; personal jurisdiction always spreads to every associate.
  2. Yes; a partner’s property necessarily belongs to the partnership.
  3. No.
  4. Yes; due process excludes partners.
  5. Yes; execution itself always supplies the missing adjudication.

Legal references

  • Guy v. Gacott, G.R. No. 206147, January 13, 2016, main decision, plaintiff submission and nonparty partner: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/jan2016/gr_206147_2016.html
  • 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rule 14 Section 23 and Rule 8 Section 12, current personal-jurisdiction framework: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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