Lamar-Rankin Drug Co. v. Copeland

In Lamar-Rankin Drug Co. v. Copeland, 7 Ga. App. 567, 568-569 (67 SE 703) (1910), the Court noted three elements that must be proven before a partner served in a subsequent lawsuit can be held individually liable for a prior judgment rendered on a general partnership debt: the plaintiff must prove that: (1) the individual sued was a general partner of the partnership; (2) the indebtedness of the partnership was proved; (3) the account sued upon was the identical account upon which the former suit against the partnership was based. Lamar-Rankin Drug Co., supra at 568.