Keefe v. Worcester Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Jas. M. Morton, Jr., Judge. In the matter of the bankruptcy of the Russell fells Company. Certain property and the proceeds thereof were claimed by the Worcester Trust Company, which claim was opposed by Joseph P. Keefe, trustee. Prom a decree for claimant (249 Fed. 260), the trustee appeals.
1Per curiam
This case presents the question whether certain machines in a paper mill were so annexed to the realty and with such an intent as to become fixtures, so that they passed to the mortgagee of the realty.
The referee in dealing with the matter has classified the machines into groups. The first group consists of machines which both the referee and the District Court found the trust, company, as mortgagee, was entitled to under its mortgage. The second group consists of what is called the second paper machine. This machine the referee awarded to the trustee in bankruptcy, but the District Court…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In re Russell Falls Co.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1918