Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 1831
Topic
Dissolution and Winding Up
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE IX PARTNERSHIP
Chapter
CHAPTER 3 Dissolution and Winding Up
Year
1949

The provision

On application by or for a partner the court shall decree a dissolution whenever: (1) A partner has been declared insane in any judicial proceeding or is shown to be of unsound mind; (2) A partner becomes in any other way incapable of performing his part of the partnership contract; (3) A partner has been guilty of such conduct as tends to affect prejudicially the carrying on of the business; (4) A partner wilfully or persistently commits a breach of the partnership agreement, or otherwise so conducts himself in matters relating to the partnership business that it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the business in partnership with him; (5) The business of the partnership can only be carried on at a loss; (6) Other circumstances render a dissolution equitable. On the application of the purchaser of a partner's interest under article 1813 or 1814: (1) After the termination of the specified term or particular undertaking; (2) At any time if the partnership was a partnership at will when the interest was assigned or when the charging order was issued. (n)

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