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2006 Minnesota Statutes
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540.151 SUABILITY; COMMON NAME.
When two or more persons associate and act, whether for profit or not, under the common
name, including associating and acting as a labor organization or employer organization, whether
such common name comprises the names of such persons or not, they may sue in or be sued by
such common name, and the summons may be served on an officer or a managing agent of the
association. The judgment in such cases shall accrue to the joint or common benefit of and bind
the joint or common property of the associates, the same as though all had been named as parties
to the action. Any money judgment against a labor organization or employer organization shall
be enforceable only against the organization as an entity and against its assets, and shall not be
enforceable against any individual member or the member's assets.
History: 1947 c 527 s 1; 1955 c 597 s 1; 1986 c 444
When two or more persons associate and act, whether for profit or not, under the common
name, including associating and acting as a labor organization or employer organization, whether
such common name comprises the names of such persons or not, they may sue in or be sued by
such common name, and the summons may be served on an officer or a managing agent of the
association. The judgment in such cases shall accrue to the joint or common benefit of and bind
the joint or common property of the associates, the same as though all had been named as parties
to the action. Any money judgment against a labor organization or employer organization shall
be enforceable only against the organization as an entity and against its assets, and shall not be
enforceable against any individual member or the member's assets.
History: 1947 c 527 s 1; 1955 c 597 s 1; 1986 c 444
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