Section 23-2-70. Scope of equity jurisdiction over matters of account

   Equity jurisdiction over matters of account shall extend to:

   (1) Mutual accounts growing out of privity of contract;

   (2) Cases where accounts are complicated and intricate;

   (3) Cases where a discovery or writ of ne exeat is prayed and granted;

   (4) Cases where the account is of a trust fund;

   (5) Accounts between partners or tenants in common; and

   (6) Cases where a multiplicity of actions would render a trial difficult, expensive, and unsatisfactory at law.

Orig. Code 1863, § 3063; Code 1868, § 3075; Code 1873, § 3130; Code 1882, § 3130; Civil Code 1895, § 3989; Civil Code 1910, § 4586; Code 1933, § 37-301.