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‘ In Corporation of Carlisle   Wilson, 13 Ve.s.`Jri 278, the lord clianx
cellor(EnsK1xs) says: * ·`
*· The principles upon which courts of equity originallyientertained suits for:
an account when a party had a legal title, is that, though he might support a—
suit at law, a court of law either cannot; give a remedy, or cannot give so·
complete a remedy as a court of eqi.lty." , _ V ` _ ‘ .
In Weymouth v. Boyer, 1 Ves. Jr. 424, Mr. Justice Burman, sit-:
ting for the chancellor, (Lord Tnunnow,) says: ,
" We have the authority of Lord HA1ID\VIC1{E that if a case was doubtful, `
or the remedy at law dljicult, he would not pronounce against the equity ju-
risdiction. The same principle has been laid down by Lo1·d BATIIURSTP f
In Fowleiv. Lazerasorfs Ex’r, 5 Pet. 495, the supreme court says:  
“In all cases in which an action of account would be the proper remedy at
law, the jurisdiction of a court of equity is undoubted. In transactions not 
of the peculiar character of those in this case, great complexity ought to exist e
to give jurisdiction." ,
In Barber v. Barber, 21 How; 591, the court says: . 1
"It is not enough that a court of law also has jurisdiction; the remedy at ‘
law must be as practicable and ellicacious to the ends of justice and its prompt ‘
administration to exclude." ,
In Zilitclzell v. Great Works Mamfg Co. 2 Story, 653, Justice Sroar, >
overruling a demurrer to a bill for an account, says: “Considering
the complications and changes of interest, the claims cannot be ade- ‘
quately examined except in a court of equity."
. . In Nelson v. Allen, 1 Yerg. 372, the cor rt say:
" It is contended bythe defendants that, as the plaintiff’s title is a pure -
legal title, he has a remedy at law for the mesne profits, and that, if his bill
had been deinurred to, it would have been dismissed. This position is wholly'-
gratuitous, unsupported either upon principle or authority. It has been over- .
looked by them that courts of equity have concurrent jurisdiction with courts ·.
of law in cases of account."
See, also, Judge Wnrrrfs review of the English cases at page373. I
_“So there shall be an account in equity for mesne profits." Comyn,
Dlg. “Chancery 2 A 1." “But not till possession has been recovered, ·
HS trespass will not lie at law for them till then." Comyn, Dig.
"Chancery 2 A 2.” `
"Equity will decree an account of rents and profits whenever the
account is intricate and complicated, and therefore not easily ad-
- justed at law. And this holds not only where the matters grow out
OI a privityiof contract as between landlord and tenant, but in many- _
cases of adverse and conflicting claims." Hole. Eq. 85. See, also, 1*
Mad. Ch."868; Cooper, Eq. Pl. 134; Ludlow v. Simond, 2 Cainesl Cas. _
40: per Tnonpson, J.; Knotts v. Tarrer, 8 Ala. 743; and Prinlup vi"
Blttclzell, 17 Ga. 558. J ` °- Q     —   A if
From an early date equity decreed an account of· mesneproflts  
‘:*l1en»there"were particularcircumstances which involveran-equitywl