Ferris v. Quimby

Trover for fixtures. The following is a sufficient statement of the facts:

In January, 1872, Spencer Y. Noble purchased certain lots in Grand Rapids, and gave a mortgage thereon to James Miller for borrowed money. There was at the time a building on the lots which was full of machinery, mainly owned by tenants, and operated by means of a steam engine with power taken from the main shaft extending through the building. _ In one of the rooms near the main shaft was a cast-iron blower screwed to the floor, run by a belt from the main shaft, and connected with the fire-box at the engine by a…