§ 59-44. Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust.
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§ 59-44. Partnership bound by partner's breach of trust.
The partnership is bound to make good the loss:
(1)Where one partner acting within the scope of his apparent authority receives money or property of a third person and misapplies it; and
(2)Where the partnership in the course of its business receives money or property of a third person and the money or property so received is misapplied by any partner while it is in the custody of the partnership. (1941, c. 374, s. 14.)