Report of a case, tried at Albert Circuit, 1852, before his honor Judge Wilmot, and a special jury
Subtitle: Abraham Gesner vs. William Cairns
By: copied from the judge's notes.
Contributors: Cairns, William.
Publisher: Printed by William L. Avery
Published: 1853
Place of publication: Saint John, N.B
Language: eng
Number of pages: 167
Subjects: Gesner, Abraham, 1797-1864 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Cairns, William -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Trespass) -- New Brunswick -- Albert (County); Mining leases -- New Brunswick.; Trespass -- New Brunswick -- Albert (County)
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: A suit of trespass brought against William Cairns by Abraham Gesner. Both men had certain mining rights to a deposit of bitumen (albertite) in Albert County, N.B. The case appeared to hinge on whether the deposit was coal and so covered by Cairns' lease included the clause "and other minerals" and that the material in question was certainly a mineral. The jury found in favor of Cairns opining the material was coal--Cf. Dictionary of Canadian biography, v. IX, "Gesner, Abraham".