Quazie wrote: > On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Quazie wrote: >>> This CFJ seems to be FALSE. Why should a member of a partnership >>> incur obligations when the partnership's obligations devolve onto em. >> Um, because that's very the definition of obligations devolving onto em? >> Or how would you define it? -Goethe >> > > If I am already incurring an obligation because I am a member of a > partnership, why should I individually also incur an obligation? When > a partnership incurs an obligation, it is devolved onto all members, > not just one in particular, so if for example Human Point Two had to > give 4 shillings to Goethe due to an obligation it incurred as a > result of another contract, this obligation could be fulfilled either > by HP2 giving Goethe 4 shillings or Quazie and OscarMeyr giving Goethe > a total of 4 shillings for HP2.
This would not satisfy the letter of HP2's obligation, though (assuming no relevant side effects) an equation could declare "close enough".
