Endler v. State Bank Trust Co. of Wellston

The issue as assigned for determination is whether certain vault doors and a night depository of a bank were removable trade fixtures or a permanent part of the real estate as between landlord and tenant in the circumstances hereinafter narrated. The judgment was for the tenant, State Bank Trust Company of Wellston, a corporation, and against the owners, Marguerite K. Endler, Renee Bradshaw and Marie Mathieson (hereinafter frequently designated landlord), plaintiffs nisi and appellants here. We have jurisdiction by reason of the amount involved.

[1] At the threshold of the case we inquire into…