449.17 Incoming partner; liability. Sec. 17. (Liability of incoming partner). A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his admission as though he had been a partner when such obligations were incurred, except that this liability shall be satisfied only out of partnership property. History: 1917, Act 72, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 9857 ;-- CL 1948, 449.17
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