Opinion
No. 91-01361.
May 27, 1992.
Appeal from the Circuit Court, Lee County, James H. Seals, J.
Patrick J. O'Neill, pro se.
John P. Milligan, Jr. of Milligan Signorella, P.A., Clearwater, for appellant Boden-Wert.
Karen Meyer Buesing and Gary M. Schaaf of Rudnick Wolfe, Tampa, for appellee.
We affirm the final judgment against appellants in this suit upon a mortgage note. One of the appellants, Boden-Wert IV, is a general partner of Royal Palm Square Associates, a general partnership which is in a chapter 11 reorganization. The other is Patrick J. O'Neill, a general partner of Boden-Wert IV.
Contrary to appellants' contention, the automatic stay of proceedings against the chapter 11 partnership under 11 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq. did not apply to appellants. See Bank Center Ltd. v. Papariella, 15 B.R. 64 (Bankr.W.D.Pa. 1981); In re Aboussie Bros. Construction Co., 8 B.R. 302 (Bankr.E.D.Mo. 1981). Liability of a general partner exists independently of partnership liability. See §§ 620.09(1) and 620.63, Fla. Stat. (1985). See also In re Alton, 81 B.R. 97, 99 (Bankr.M.D.Fla. 1987); 8 Fla.Jur.2d Business Relationships §§ 513, 659 (1978). Appellants apparently did not request a stay of proceedings against them pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 105(a).
We do not find merit in appellants' additional contentions.
Affirmed.
SCHOONOVER, C.J., and PATTERSON, J., concur.