Where a partnership contract is rescinded on the ground of the fraud or misrepresentation of one of the parties to the contract, the party entitled to rescind is, without prejudice to any other right, entitled to:

(1)  A lien on, or right of retention of, the surplus of the partnership property, after satisfying the partnership liabilities to third persons, for any sum of money paid by him or her for the purchase of an interest in the partnership and for any capital or advances contributed by him; and

(2)  Stand, after all liabilities to third persons have been satisfied, in the place of the creditors of the partnership for any payments made by him or her as to the partnership liabilities; and

(3)  Indemnification by the person guilty of the fraud or making the representation against all debts and liabilities of the partnership.

History of Section.
R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 39.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 7-12-50

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

§ 7-12-50. [Repealed effective January 1, 2023.]

History of Section.
R.P.L. 1957, ch. 74, § 39; repealed by P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 1, effective January 1, 2023; repealed by P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 1, effective January 1, 2023.