Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-316 (2026)

Company, partnership, or unincorporated association; member's individual property; how subjected to satisfaction of judgment

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If the plaintiff, in any judgment so rendered against any company or partnership, seeks to charge the individual property of the persons composing such company or firm, it shall be lawful for the plaintiff to file a bill in equity against the several members thereof, setting forth his or her judgment and the insufficiency of the partnership property to satisfy the same, and to have a decree for the debt and an award of execution against all such persons or any of them as may appear to have been members of such company, association, or firm.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1985–1996 · leading case: Guarantee Mut. Life Co. v. Crounse (In Re Eugene L. Pieper, P.C.), 202 B.R. 294 (Bankr. D. Neb. 1996).
Guarantee Mut. Life Co. v. Crounse (In Re Eugene L. Pieper, P.C.), 202 B.R. 294 (Bankr. D. Neb. 1996). · cites it 8× “The pending case is an action pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 25-316 (Reissue 1996), to enforce against the individual partners of a partnership a judgment which was entered against a partnership and the debtor on the basis that a successful execution against the partnership assets…”
Sec. State Bank v. Gugelman, 434 N.W.2d 290 (Neb. 1989). · cites it 4× “2d 514 (1985), we affirmed the judgments and held that under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-316 (Reissue 1985), the bank could not proceed against the individual partners until there was a showing that the property of the partnership had been exhausted.”
Ravenna Bank v. Custom Unlimited, 391 N.W.2d 557 (Neb. 1986). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-316 (Reissue 1985) (necessity of a bill in equity to charge a partner’s individual property for satisfaction of a judgment rendered against the partnership).”
Sec. State Bank v. McCoy, 361 N.W.2d 514 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 2× “In its suit against the partnership and the partners individually, appellant apparently overlooked Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-316 (Reissue 1979), which states: If the plaintiff, in any judgment so rendered against any company or partnership, shall seek to charge the individual…”
Metco, Inc. v. Huffman, 511 N.W.2d 780 (Neb. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 8× “This case presents the first impression issue of whether the allowance of an administrative claim by the bankruptcy court in partnership bankruptcies constitutes a judgment which can thereafter form the basis for imposition of personal liability upon the individual general…”
Martinez v. Koelling, 421 N.W.2d 1 (Neb. 1988). · cites it 2× “2d 514, 515 (1985), interpreting Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-316 (Reissue 1985), we said that judgment must be had against the partnership “as a condition precedent to bringing of an action against individual partners.”
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