Brown v. DuBois

This matter came before the court for trial on the complaint of the plaintiffs-landlords alleging that the defendants-tenants removed certain property from the leasehold upon termination of their lease. Plaintiffs allege that the items removed were fixtures and had become a part of the real estate and that the defendants had no right to remove them. The defendants in response denied that their removal of the property was improper.

Upon trial, the evidence demonstrated that the tenants had installed approximately five rooms of wall-to-wall carpet and certain track lighting appliances. It is…