King v. Rice

¶1 In this action for damages claimed for the destruction of a modular living unit situated on recently purchased property, the parties dispute whether the structure was real property conveyed to the buyers with the underlying real estate, or whether it remained the personal property of the seller. An object located on real estate is real property if it is annexed to the realty, its use or purpose is applied to or integrated with the use of the realty, and the annexing party intended it to be a permanent addition to the freehold. Because we cannot say as a matter of law that the structure was…