Coleman v. Coleman

By the Court.

The plaintiff has filed his bill on the equity side of this court, demanding that an account be rendered by the defendants of certain iron and copper ore sold and used by them from lands of which they are tenants in common.

The bill and various answers as filed present no disputed facts, but several important legal questions are raised for the consideration of the court.

The ores were taken from “ Cornwall Ore-Banks and Mine-Hills,” situate in this county; twenty-five ninety-sixth parts of which are owned by the plaintiffs, a like quantity by William Coleman, thirty ninety-sixth…