Welch v. Renshaw

Plaintiffs and defendants Renshaw were copartners in the operation under a lease of certain mining property. The lease was in writing, and by its terms was to continue for one year from September 20, 1895, during which time the lessees were obligated to work the property continuously and with reasonable diligence. The active operations seem to have been under the management of the Renshaws, which proving unsatisfactory to plaintiffs, they on June 30, 1896, commenced this suit, which had for its object the dissolution of the copartnership, and an accounting. Plaintiffs also prayed that a…