White v. County Mortgagee Corp.

The principal issue on this appeal is the rights between a conditional vendor of a chattel and a mortgagee of the premises in which the chattel is incorporated.

The chattel in question is an elevator system. It as been held in some cases that elevators become integral parts of buildings and, therefore, are considered fixtures and lose their character as a chattel. Medical Tower Corporation v. Otis Elevator Co., 3rd Cir. 1939, 104 F.2d 133; Land Title Bank & Trust Co. v. Stout, 339 Pa. 302, 14 A.2d 282. It has also been held that notwithstanding its incorporation into a building, an elevator or…