Goodman v. Lee

ELLETT, Chief Justice:

The parties to this case were joint purchasers of a farm, but they fell out and could not work it together. The plaintiff sued for a partition of the realty and water rights appurtenant thereto, for an accounting, and for damages, both compensatory and punitive. The defendant counterclaimed for an accounting and for damages.

Before trial the parties agreed upon a partition, and the case was tried, before a jury upon the issues of accounting and damages. The court submitted the case to the jury upon a special verdict; and based upon the answers to the questions in the…