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29.2 Mercedes Connolly and her husband purchased airline tickets and a tour package for a tour to South Africa from Judy Samuelson, a travel agent doing business as International Tours of Manhattan. Samuelson sold tickets for a variety of airline companies and tour operators, including African Adventurers, which was the tour operator for the Connollys’ tour. Mercedes and injured her left ankle and foot. She sued Samuelson for damages. Is Samuelson liable? Connolly alleged that the International Tours and Samuelson were negligent in failing to advise her that a walking tour was part of the tour. She was injured when she slipped on a rock. She alleged that they failed to provide her with a safe tour. The tourist further contended that …show more content…

The suppliers sued the partnership to recover the money owed them. The partnership assets were not sufficient to pay all their claims. So the question is who is liable to the suppliers? Where the partners of a real estate development partnership charged one of the partners and his company with the responsibility of developing the real estate, they effectively made him and his company agents of the partnership. Applying the provisions of the Uniform Partnership Act to the case at bar, when the partners of Vermont Place charged McGowan and his company, Advance, with the responsibility of developing Vermont Place, they effectively made McGowan and Advance agents of the partnership. Under the law of partnership, all partners were jointly and severally liable for the debts, because the acts of one partner, acting within the apparent scope of his authority, bound the entire partnership. The court found that the trial court did not clearly err in determining that the mechanic 's liens, held by the suppliers, were inferior to the construction mortgages perfected by the banks. The mortgages were recorded prior to the commencement of the construction of the improvements on each project site, so they were prior to the suppliers ' liens, relating to construction materials obtained thereafter. Further, the mortgages were valid under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 51-605, because the aggregate sum requirement in the mortgage satisfied the

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