Parker v. Wulstein

Bird, V. C.

The defendant Bergerow accepted the lease from the complainants of a certain store property. There was a stipulation in the lease, “ that all improvements of the building shall belong to the landlord at the expiration of the term.” During the term there were shelves put up, which rested on a base counter and attached to narrow boards or cleats which were attached by nails to the •side-wall. These shelves and counter were used by the tenant for storing and displaying his goods. He also placed in the basement a furnace, from which he carried two flues to holes or registers cut in the…