Cohen v. 1165 Fulton Avenue Corp.

Plaintiff sues to foreclose a mortgage covering an apartment house containing thirty-nine separate apartments, with gas ranges and cookers “ attached in the usual and customary manner.” They constitute the only means by which residents in the apartment house may cook. They were sold to the owner by Charles Tisch, Inc., under a conditional bill of sale and were installed on the premises before the mortgage was executed. The bill of sale was not recorded, however, until after the plaintiff’s mortgage was placed upon the premises and recorded. A receiver was appointed in this foreclosure action.…