What are some cases that support a proposition that a partner can claim to hold assets without regard to the rights of the other partner?

British Columbia, Canada


The following excerpt is from Seven Mile Dam Contractors v. British Columbia, 1979 CanLII 413 (BC SC):

On the whole, these cases reflect a proposition stated at p. 880 of Evans v. Jaffray, supra, that “neither of the partners could claim to hold them [i.e., the assets] without reference to the rights of the other”.

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