Sims v. Williams

FRANK W. HAYES, Special Judge.

This is an action in replevin by appellants who, as trustees, seek to recover eighteen church pews formerly installed in the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church at 3010 West Nichols, Springfield, Missouri. The respondent claims them as fixtures attached to said building at the time he purchased the church building at a foreclosure sale on March 10, 1965. The trial court found for respondent on his counterclaim and assessed his damages at $1,800. The sole question on appeal is whether the church pews were fixtures and a part of the real estate or were personal property…