WPC^ (c7E nH|lBB+WUi.1><C8P_,O#:rfi LBMY:8&~}=G{*f [:C;HxqpݰQq3ֶhJ{1αT3f@a-.bs~0jkulyڧ5{bcE 8NӺGr1Tqϧ鳵8B}QFvR>߷P\tbS+b"|q&tO > ֞hi3,A1F1~L5]恸KS9mJ+)Y%kk@]=<!Kv_uk^QsZ2HwâyXU{S 60|ifm|[F P瓢KBm} 'lP<}#KcR~4F Z 0(i  w@ ! UN U:H ! U: UB %           B% % % % % D3B B B 0Du u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u u AO  0D D/ BAD{9&3|x($ E"eDDӀ XXXXXX   Ad FILED   January29,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr. AppellateCourt  Clerk (hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular,cAZ"Arial Regular  XXXX X X   Ad FILED     January28,1999  CecilCrowson,Jr.   AppellateCourt  Clerk ,cAZ"Arial Regular<6X9`(*Courier 12pt10cpiX d%%%%'dxd(3$ !  -C<< CLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5($$   1  ' dxdP Pd !    TR[A' Legal3'A' Legal3'T7: XXdXXd7XPXXXtXXPr*<,(j 8 `@E  tt0"Hrr *<,(j 8 `@E  tt0"Hr̀@j j  INTHECOURTOFAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE   @>>%ATKNOXVILLE EARLL.KEISTER,JR.,and    )C/ANO.03A019807CH00225   CHARLOTTEKEISTER, <     )    4    <     )KNOXCHANCERY 4 PlaintiffsAppellants,    )    4    <     )HON.H.DAVIDCATE,v. 4    <     )CHANCELLOR   4    <     )J.HARRYLEWISand <     )  ERWINA.COLLINS, <     )AFFIRMED   4    <     )AND 4 DefendantsAppellees.    )REMANDED  MARYJANEBORDEN,EGERTON,McAFEE,ARMISTEAD&DAVIS,P.C.,Knoxville,forPlaintiffsAppellants.DONALDK.VOWELL,andKENNETHE.MORROW,Knoxville,forDefendantsAppellees.@% OPINION  +$$  4    <      D   Franks,J. 4  Thisisanactiontorecoverunderacontractofsaleforthepurchaseofrealestateenteredbetweenplaintiffsandalimitedpartnershipagainstdefendants,generalpartnersofthatpartnership. 4  Thepartnershipagreedtoreturntherealestatetotheplaintiffswho,inturn,releasedthepartnership fromanyfurtherliabilitiesunderthecontractofsale.TheTrialJudgeheldthatthereleaseofthepartnership,releasedthedefendant ;34 partnersfromanyliability,andplaintiffshaveappealed. 4  Thedespositivedispositiveissueonappealiswhetherthereleaseofthepartnershipreleasedthepartnersfromanycontractualliabilityunderthesalesagreement. 4  Thecontractofsalewasenteredin1982betweentheplaintiffsandNorthsidePropertiesLtd.,alimitedpartnership.Thecontractwasexecutedbythebuyer,asNorthsideProperties,Ltd.,byeachofthedefendantshereinwhoexecutedtheagreementasa generalpartner.      4  Atthetimeofthereleaseofthepartnership,whichwascourtapproved,becausethepartnershipwasinreceivership,itwasagreedbythepartnershipandtheplaintiffsthatthereleasewouldnot affectanyclaimswhichtheplaintiffs mayhaveagainstthegeneralpartners.Theplaintiffstheoryintheircomplaint,isthat: pursuanttoTennesseelaw,thedefendants,asgeneralpartners,arepersonallyliableforthetermsoftheContractofSale.TheyfurtherpointtotheUniformPartnershipActinthisjurisdictionwhereitisstatedthatallpartnersareliable,jointlyandseverally,foreverythingchargeabletothepartnership.T.C.A.611114.ThisisacorrectstatementofthelawbutdoesnotaddresstheTrialJudgesholdingwhichessentiallystatesthatsincethepartnerscontractualliabilityisvicariousbythetermsoftheAct,thereleaseofthepartnershipreleasesthepartners. 4  WebelievetheTrialJudgereachedtheproperresult,andweaffirm. 4  Itiswidelyheldthatwherethepartnershipentityisreleasedfromallliability,thepartnersliabilityforthepartnershipsactsandomissionsisalsoreleased,becausesuchliabilityisvicarious,sinceitisderivedfromthepartnershipscontract.񛀛 1** See,e.g.,Kinetics,Inc.v.ElPasoProductsCo.,99 1** NM22,653,P.2d522(1982);M.A.Shaw,Individuallyandd/b/aContractorsCoop 3,, Co.,andd/b/a3CRoofingv.KennedyLtd.,etal.,879S.W.2d240(Ct.App.TX. 5.. 1994).Therecanbenodoubtthatthesepartnerssignedthecontractintheirrepresentativecapacityasgeneralpartners,andonthisrecordhavenopersonal 922 liabilitytoplaintiffsomde[independentoftheContract.Accordingly,thereleasehavingextinguishedtheirvicariousliability,thejudgmententeredforthedefendantswasappropriateandtheTrialCourtisaffirmed. 4  Thecostoftheappealisassessedtoappellants. 4  @+ D  80   4    <     __________________________ <4   4    <     HerschelP.Franks,J.CONCUR:___________________________HoustonM.Goddard,P.J.___________________________CharlesD.Susano,Jr.,J.