Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/24/1981

Consiglio v. Carey

Citations

421 N.E.2d 1257
12 Mass. App. Ct. 135

How courts have described this case

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holding that window air conditioning units that could be removed without damage to themselves and without material damage to the premises constituted personal property
“The question whether similar items were annexed, and therefore realty, or unannexed and therefore personalty, has generally been held to be one of fact”
removal of chattel permitted where removal “causes no material injury to the estate, and where the thing can be removed without losing its essential character or value as a personal chattel”
upon expiration of lease, outgoing tenant who removes trade fixtures which he installed during the course of the lease “has an obligation to restore the premises to the condition they were in before the tenancy”
walk-in freezer determined to be removable fixture

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Judges: Hale, Cutter, Armstrong

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