Rule 2127 Actions by Partnerships and Liquidators
Chapter 2120: Partnerships as Parties
Rule Text
(a) A partnership having a right of action shall prosecute such right in the names of the then partners trading in the firm name, in the following manner: ‘‘A, B and C trading as X & Co.’’
(b) An action prosecuted by the liquidator of a dissolved partnership shall be prosecuted in the name of the liquidator in the following manner: ‘‘A, Liquidator of A, B, and C, late trading as X & Co.’’
(c) The failure of a partnership to comply with subdivision (a) of this rule shall not affect the right of the defendant to recover costs from both the partnership and the individual partners.
Amendment history: The provisions of this Rule 2127 adopted May 1, 1939, effective November 6, 1939; amended April 18, 1975, effective immediately, 5 Pa.B. 1820.