Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1811

Goddard v. Chase

Goddard v. Chase
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided May 15, 1811
7 Mass. 432
Goddard v. Chase

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

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, (a)

Judgment on the verdict. (2)

[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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