Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1894

Oakland Cemetery Co. v. Bancroft

Oakland Cemetery Co. v. Bancroft
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided April 16, 1894 · Fell, Green, McCollum, Mitchell, Williams
161 Pa. 197; 28 A. 1021; 1894 Pa. LEXIS 664

Oakland Cemetery Co. v. Bancroft

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

We think it too plain for argument that the articles levied upon in execution in this case as personal property are fixed in the realty and are a part thereof, and can in no sense be regarded as personal property. While the Mount Auburn Company was the owner of the cemetery, a burial lot was inclosed *199by a stone curbing and a monument was erected on tbe ground, consisting of a stone foundation extending down below the frost line, and upon this foundation a marble base was placed surmounted by a marble shaft, and upon the shaft the statue in question was erected. The whole of the structure was cemented together and constituted a solid mass. The entire work, including the curbing, was built by the cemetery company for the ornamentation of the grounds and manifestly was intended to be a permanent part of the cemetery property. In no sense can it be regarded as a trade fixture. As this subject was the controlling feature of the contest its determination ends the case.

Judgment affirmed.

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