Goddard v. Chase
Goddard v. Chase
7 Mass. 432
Goddard v. Chase
Opinion of the Court
There can be no doubt that these stoves were a part of the house, and passed with it to the plaintiff by the levy of his execution; and so it appears the appraisers considered them The defendant, then, had no right to sever them from the freehold; and in doing it he was a mere trespasser,
Judgment on the verdict.
[There can be no doubt that the stoves were not fixtures. — Ed.]
Vide 4 Co. 62, Herlakenden’s case.—1 Salk. 368, Poole’s case
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