As between the vendor and vendee of a mill, a steam boiler and looms, used in the mill as a part of it, and necessary for doing its work and carrying on its business, may be a part of it, though held in position only by their own weight.
DOE, C.J.
As between the mortgagor and mortgagee of the mill, the boiler and looms were fixtures. Mather v. Fraser, 2 K. J. 536; Walmsley v. Milne, 7 C. B. (N.S.) 115, 132; Climie v. Wood, L. R. 3 Ex. 257; Winslow v. Ins. Co., 4 Met. 306; Richardson v. Copeland, 6 Gray 536; McConnell v. Blood, 123 Mass. 47; Southbridge Bank v. Exeter Works, 127 Mass. 542; Voorhees v. McGinnis, 48 N.Y. 278, 286; Tifft v. Horton, 53 N.Y. 380; Quinby v. Manhattan Co., 24 N.J. Eq. 260; Merritt v. Judd, 14 Cal. 59; Frankland v. Moulton, 5 Wis. 1; Parsons v. Copeland, 38 Me. 537; Symonds v. Harris, 51 Me. 14; Lapham v. Norton, 71 Me. 83, 85; Walker v. Sherman, 20 Wend. 636; Payne v. Bank, 29 Conn. 415; Harlan v. Harlan, 15 Pa. St. 507; Green v. Phillips, 26 Grat. 752; Latham v. Blakely, 70 N.C. 368; Deal v. Palmer, 72. N.C. 582; Boyd v. Shorrock, L. R. 5 Eq. 72; Longbottom v. Berry, L. R. 5 Q. B. 123; Despatch Line v. Bellamy M. Co., 12 N.H. 205, 232; Baker v. Davis, 19 N.H. 325, 334; Lathrop v. Blake, 23 N.H. 46, 64; Tuttle v. Robinson, 33 N.H. 104, 119; Wadleigh v. Janvrin, 41 N.H. 503; Burnside v. Twitchell, 43 N.H. 390, 393; Cochran v. Flint, 57 N.H. 514; Kent v. Brown, 59 N.H. 236.
Judgment for the defendant.
ALLEN and SMITH, JJ., did not sit: the others concurred.