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FACTS 1. The agreement was a sublease, not a partnership
1. In 1945, Yang Chiao Seng wrote a letter to Rosario Yulo proposing the 2. The following are the requisites of partnership pursuant to Art. 1767:
formation of a partnership to run and operate a theatre on the premises (1) two or more persons who bind themselves to contribute money,
occupied by Yang in Manila property, or industry to a common fund; (2) the intention on the part of
2. Yang guaranteed that Yulo would receive P3000 payable quarterly, that the partners to divide the profits among themselves
the business would run for 2 years, and that Yulo would be authorized 3. In this case, Yulo did not furnish the supposed P20,000 capital, nor did
to personally conduct such businesses in the lobby of the building as she furnish any help or intervention in the management of the theatre
ordinarily carried on in lobbies of the theatre so long as it does not 4. Moreover, it does not appear that she has ever demanded from Yang
obstruct the free ingress and egress of the patrons any accounting of the expenses and earnings of the business
3. Yulo agreed and the parties executed a partnership agreement 5. Were she really a partner, her first concern should have been to find
establishing the Yang & Co., Ltd. out how the business was progressing, whether the expenses were
a. Capital was fixed at P100,000, with P80,000 to be furnished by legitimate, whether the earnings were correct, etc.
Yang, and P20,000 by Yulo 6. She was absolutely silent with respect to any of the acts that a partner
should have done, all she did was to receive her share of 3,000 a month,
which cannot be interpreted in any manner than a payment for the use
of the premises which she had leased from the owners
7. Furthermore, the court, after ocular inspection, found that said lobby
was very narrow which could not have been used for business purposes
under existing ordinances of the City of Manila (it would constitute a
hazard and danger to the patrons of the theatre)