Opinion ID: 2081593
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Heading: General Partner Liability

Text: ¶ 36. As general partner in Parsons Hill Partnership, Yvonne Rooney had, with some limitation, all the rights and powers and was subject to all the liability of a general partner in a partnership without limited partners. 11 V.S.A. § 1399. Under former 11 V.S.A. § 1207(2), a partner in a partnership without limited partners is jointly liable for all debts and obligations of the partnership. As we noted, actions for breach of the warranty of habitability are contract actions. Thus, in plaintiffs' instant contract action, Yvonne Rooney, as general partner in a limited partnership, may be held jointly liable for the partnership's contract liability. See Concra Corp. v. Andrus, 141 Vt. 169, 174-75, 446 A.2d 363, 365 (1982) (holding that a partner in a partnership without limited partners is jointly liable for all the partnership's contract liability). Furthermore, 11 V.S.A. § 1416, titled Parties to actions, provides that [a] contributor, unless he is a general partner, is not a proper party to proceedings by or against a partnership. (Emphasis added.) Thus, the statute permits a plaintiff to include a general partner as a proper party to proceedings against the partnership.