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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)

Citation
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Parent Document
Willard v. PARSONS HILL PARTNERSHIP, 2005 VT 69 (2005)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2005-08-05

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¶ 33. Plaintiffs also assign error to the trial court's conclusion that the individual Rooney defendants could not be held liable for any breach of the partnership's obligations because the Rooneys were not the tenants' landlords. Plaintiffs do not dispute that Parsons Hill Partnership was their landlord, and that the Rooneys were not. Nonetheless, they contend that the laws of limited partnership in effect at the time they filed suit allow for them to sue the general partner and any limited partners who have participated unduly in the control of the partnership. Without citation to authority, defendants argue that plaintiffs were required to assert their cause of action under partnership law. The trial court granted summary judgment for the Rooneys after concluding that they could not be held liable for the partnership's breach because they were, "[a]t best," agents of the landlord.