Case Name: PHILLIPS v. SCHLANG et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1910-07-07
Citations: 124 N.Y.S. 40
Docket Number: 
Parties: PHILLIPS v. SCHLANG et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 124
Pages: 40–41

Head Matter:
PHILLIPS v. SCHLANG et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
July 7, 1910.)
Partnership (§ 279 )—Dissolution—Action by Fibm Creditors.
Where a partnership is dissolved by an agreement in which the continuing partner assumes all the firm’s liabilities, creditors, though with notice of the dissolution and agreement, are not bound to pursue the continuing partner and firm assets before suing the outgoing partner, hut may join both partners as defendants in an action on the debt, though the outgoing partner is a mere guarantor,
[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Partnership, Cent. Dig. §§ 63G, G37; Dec. Dig. § 279.*]
Appeal from Appellate Term.
Action by Harold M. Phillips against Herman T. Mendelsohn and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant Alexander Schlang appealed to the Appellate Term, where the judgment was reversed, and the action dismissed (67- Mise. Rep. 142, 121 N. Y. Supp. 913), from which plaintiff appeals.
Determination of Appellate Term reversed, and judgment of Municipal Court affirmed.
Argued before INGRAHAM, P. J„ and LAUGHLIN, CLARKE, SCOTT,' and MILLER, JJ.
Benjamin Jaffe, for appellant.
Julius Miller, for respondent.
For other cases see same topic & § number in Dec. & Am. Digs. 1907 to date, & Rep’r Indexes

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Determination reversed, and judgment of Municipal Court affirmed, with costs in this court and in the Appellate Term, on the dissenting opinion of Whitney, J., at the Appellate Term.