Key legal question
How to interpret the 23 October 1992 agreement and the later liquidation agreement under Art. 18 CO
Extracted holding
The later liquidation agreement did not extinguish the clause reserving reimbursement of the value of the works; the issue had to be interpreted according to the parties' common intent and the unity of liquidation of the simple partnership.
Extracted reasoning
The court held that the 1998/1999 settlement covered the parties' internal relations and some external debt, but not the reimbursement of A.'s renovation work. The reserved claim remained pending and could still be asserted once the separation condition occurred.