Question
Two friends form a general partnership to run a landscaping and hardscape company. One partner personally guarantees a large material order that the business later can't pay, and the supplier sues both partners individually. Why can the supplier go after the partner who never signed anything related to that specific order?
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In a general partnership, each partner is personally, jointly, and severally liable for the partnership's obligations, regardless of which partner actually negotiated or signed a specific deal. 'Jointly and severally' means the creditor can pursue any one partner for the full debt, not just a proportional share, leaving that partner to seek contribution from the other afterward. The partnership's single license bond covers the partnership as a whole, but it does not replace this personal exposure — a partner who never touched the transaction is still on the hook simply by virtue of being a partner in the firm that incurred it.
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