Lee-Moore Oil Co. v. Cleary

EXUM, Justice.

This is a civil action for damages for conversion. Plaintiff claims that it is the owner of certain gasoline dispensing equipment — two gasoline pumps, one 3000-gallon gasoline storage tank, one 1000-gallon gasoline storage tank, and a one-half horsepower air compressor — located on defendants’ real property consisting essentially of a grocery store and service station known as “Marley’s Store.” Defendants claim these items are fixtures, title to which passed to them when they purchased the realty on which the items are located. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the trial…