Taran v. Vermont Structural Slate Co.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff, Michael Taran, from a judgment by virtue of a petition for partition and ac*442counting. In 1971 the plaintiff purchased a one-eighth interest in a slate quarry. The defendant, Vermont Structural Slate Company, was co-owner of the quarry, having purchased its seven-eighth interest in 1965. Between 1968 and 1975 the defendant operated the quarry and removed a substantial portion of slate. The property involved consists of a rectangular area with a length of 1155 feet and a width of 1285 feet on which is located an open pit and slag yard. Only the northernmost…