Mining Partnership
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An association between the tenants in common of a mine, who work it together, and divide the profits in proportion to their several interests.
1 Mont. 224; 23 Cal. 198.
It has been said not to be a true partnership, but rather a cross between a tenancy in common and a partnership proper (Bates, Partn. § 14. And see 35 Cal. 365), for the reason that it has no delectus personarum.
102 U. S. 641; 52 Cal. 540.