Langdon v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Trespass, qu. cl., and. a second count in trespass de bonis. Facts found by a referee. August 8, 1879, tbe plaintiff conveyed to George C. Cox a tract of land, with the building thereon, used as a grist-mill. In it were a portable grist-mill, steam engine, and boiler.
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Trespass, qu. cl., and. a second count in trespass de bonis. Facts found by a referee. August 8, 1879, tbe plaintiff conveyed to George C. Cox a tract of land, with the building thereon, used as a grist-mill. In it were a portable grist-mill, steam engine, and boiler. Besides the main shafting, there was a counter-shaft, suspended and held in place by hangers, and on the counter-shaft were seven iron pulleys, over which passed belts connecting with the machinery, of the value of $75. There was a rubber belt seventy-five feet in length, used for driving the machinery, twenty-five feet of which…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The portable grist-mill, steam engine, boiler, shafting, pulleys, belts, and scales passed with the mill to Cox as fixtures. 'The understanding of the parties was that they were fixtures, their understanding being shown by the fact that they passed at once into the possession of Cox without question, and that subsequently a portion of them were exchanged by him for a mouldingmachine. The same fixtures were embraced in the mortgage from Cox to the plaintiff, although not mentioned as such in it. The parties manifestly intended the mortgage to cover the same property that passed by the deed.…
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