Location:
France
Coordinates:
43.3161, 2.2131
Events at Prouille (15)
1208
ID: 1
Our Lady of the Rosary appears to St. Dominic at Prouille, giving him the Rosary as weapon against Albigensian heresy
ID: 1
1692
ID: 2305
Daniel Defoe imprisoned for bankruptcy - owes £17,000, writes Essay on Projects proposing bankruptcy reform while in Fleet Prison
ID: 2305
1697
ID: 2306
First bankruptcy commissioners' manual published in England - standardizing procedures for asset collection and distribution
ID: 2306
1718
ID: 2309
English partnership law recognizes implied partnership - acting as partners creates legal partnership even without agreement
ID: 2309
1721
ID: 2310
Law of Copartnership by Giles Jacob published - first English treatise on partnership law, attempts to systematize common law rules
ID: 2310
1726
ID: 2311
Lex Mercatoria by Gerard Malynes establishes partnership principles - mutual agency, fiduciary duties, profit sharing presumptions
ID: 2311
1737
ID: 2313
Stop of the Exchequer cases establish partnership by estoppel - holding out as partner creates liability to third parties
ID: 2313
1757
ID: 2316
Lord Mansfield begins reforming commercial law - treats partnership as mercantile institution, applies law merchant principles
ID: 2316
1793
ID: 2325
Lord Loughborough establishes modern partnership accounting - partners entitled to full accounting on dissolution
ID: 2325
1808
ID: 2331
Gow v. Berry - English case establishes partnership at will can be dissolved by any partner at any time
ID: 2331
1831
ID: 2337
English Bankruptcy Court established - specialized court with dedicated judges replaces commissioner system
ID: 2337
1848
ID: 2341
Cox v. Hickman - House of Lords rules profit-sharing alone doesn't create partnership, intention required
ID: 2341
1865
ID: 2348
Pooley v. Driver - partnership creditors have priority over partners' individual creditors in partnership assets
ID: 2348
1889
ID: 2355
Salomon v. Salomon litigation begins - test case for one-man company and corporate personality
ID: 2355
1897
ID: 2358
Salomon v. Salomon decided - House of Lords upholds one-man company, separate corporate personality absolute
ID: 2358