{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-108a-17","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, § 17","heading":"Liability of new partner for partnership obligations","body":"Section 17. A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is liable for all the obligations of the partnership arising before his admission as though he had been a partner when such obligations were incurred, except that this liability shall be satisfied only out of partnership property.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 108A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter108A/Section17","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:33Z","sha256":"f4c565762875d17a3cfe098893686b075f569e349848241805cd6874211be0a3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-108a-16","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-108a-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}