Actions brought by limited partnerships shall be in the name or names of the general partners only. Actions brought against limited partnerships shall be brought against the general partners only, except in cases where the special partners are liable in the same manner as general partners. In such cases, actions may be brought against all the partners jointly or severally; or any one or more of the special partners may be subject to liability in the same action with the general partners.
(Laws 1837, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 587; Code 1863, § 1935; Code 1868, § 1923; Code 1873, § 1933; Code 1882, § 1933; Civil Code 1895, § 2675; Civil Code 1910, § 3204; Code 1933, § 75-424; Code 1981, §14-9-126; Code 1981, §14-9A-126, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1016, § 1.)