Danville Holding Corp. v. Clement

This is an action for a declaratory judgment under the provisions of chapter 254A, Virginia Code 1936, to determine whether, under the circumstances of this case, certain machinery and equipment, installed for use in a building' on premises subject to a prior mortgage, are fixtures annexed to the realty and subject to the mortgage, or personalty free from the lien.

About twenty-five years ago there was erected in the city of Danville, Virginia, a brick building for use as a warehouse and auction center for the sale of tobacco. The interior was later remodeled in part and the building was then…