Liebe v. Nicolai
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Hartwell Hurley, Judge. Action at law for the possession of certain personal property. Plaintiff claims under a chattel mortgage given by the owner, while defendants insist that the machinery became attached to the freehold and could not be moved. The trial court held otherwise, reversing the referee, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
This is an action by Theodore Liebe against Louis Nicolai and Theodore Nicolai, to recover the possession *366of certain barber shop furniture and electric-light machinery, the plaintiff claiming the same by virtue of a chattel mortgage thereon, executed by one Eugene Stebinger, while the defendants claim title and right of possession of the furniture under a sale thereof upon execution, and the machinery by reason of its character as fixtures placed upon their premises by Stebinger, and not removed during the term of his lease thereof. The cause being at issue,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Bartel v. MathiasOregon Supreme Court · 1890
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