Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part I - GENERAL
Chapter 2120 - PARTNERSHIPS AS PARTIES
Rule 2127 - Actions by Partnerships and Liquidators

Universal Citation: 231 PA Code ยง 2127

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) A partnership having a right of action shall prosecute such right in the names of the then partners trading in the firm name, in the following manner: "A, B and C trading as X & Co."

(b) An action prosecuted by the liquidator of a dissolved partnership shall be prosecuted in the name of the liquidator in the following manner: "A, Liquidator of A, B, and C, late trading as X & Co."

(c) The failure of a partnership to comply with subdivision (a) of this rule shall not affect the right of the defendant to recover costs from both the partnership and the individual partners.

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