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or after or in contemplation of the insolvency of the partnership,
with intent of giving to any creditor of his own, or of the part-
nership, a preference over the creditors of the partnership; and
every judgment confessed or lien created, or security given, by
any such partner under like circumstances, and with the like
intent, shall be void as against the creditors of the partnership.

Lineweaver v.Slagle, 64 Md 465.

P. G. L , (1860,) art. 72, sec. 17. 1836, ch. 97, sec. 17.

17. Every special partner who shall violate any of the pro-

visions of the two preceding sections, or who shall concur in or
assent to any such violation by the partnership, or by any indi-

vidual partner, shall be liable as a general partner.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 18. 1838, ch. 97, sec. 18.

18. In case of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the partner-
ship no special partner shall, under any circumstances, be allowed
to claim as a creditor, until all the claims of all the other creditors
of the partnership shall be satisfied.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 19. 1836, ch. 97, sec. 19. 1849, ch 347, sec. 1.

19. All suits respecting the business of the partnership shall
be brought by and against the general partners only, except in
those cases in which provision is hereinbefore made that special
partners shall be deemed general partners, and special partner-
ships general partnerships, when all persons so becoming gen-
eral partners may be joined with those originally general partners
In any suit brought against such partnership, and except also the

case provided for in section 11 of this article.

Ibid sec 20. 1836, ch. 97, sec. 20.

20. If in any case a suit shall be brought against general and

special partners, and at the trial of the cause it shall appear that
the special partners, or any of them, are not liable to the suit of
the plaintiff, the court may proceed to judgment or decree against
the partners who may appear to be liable, in the same manner as
if such partners were the only parties defendants to the writ, ex-

cepting that the partners who may be deemed not liable shall