Valuation of Real Estate Company Share Following Partner Death Due to Unilateral Expert Appointment

A dispute arose concerning the valuation of a share in a civil real estate company following the death of one associate, where the articles of association stipulated that surviving partners had the right to purchase the deceased's share at a price determined by experts appointed jointly by the parties, or failing agreement, by a court-appointed expert, but the surviving partners unilaterally appointed an expert, leading to a disagreement over the valuation method. The court upheld the lower court's decision to annul the valuation, reasoning that the contractual requirement for joint appointment of the initial expert was a mandatory prerequisite for determining the share price, and unilateral action by the surviving partners vitiated the valuation process established by the contract.