Holland v Hodgson (1872) LR 7 CP 328
In this case spinning looms bolted to the floor of the factory of a spinner and stuff manufacturer were attached other than by their own weight and were therefore held to be fixtures of the property. The looms were attached to the stone floor of the mill premises by means of nails driven through holes in the feet of the loom, in some cases into beams which had been built into the stone, and in other cases into plugs of wood driven into holes drilled in the stone for that purpose. They could be detached without serious damage to the flooring.
Held: Blackburn J "Walmsley v Milne was was decided in 1859. This case and that of Wiltshear v Cottrell (1853) 1 E & B 674 seem authorities for this principle, that where an article is fixed by the owner of the fee, though only affixed by bolts and screws, it is to be considered a part of the land, in all events where the object of setting up articles is to enhance the value of the premises to which it is annexed for the purposes to which those premises are applied. The threshing machine in Wiltshear v Cottrell was affixed by the owner of the fee to the barn as an adjunct to the barn, and to improve its usefulness as a barn, in much the same way as the hay cutter in Walmsley v Milne was affixed to the stable as an adjunct to it, and to improve its usefulness as a stable. And it seems difficult to say that the machine in Mather v Fraser was not as much affixed to the mill as an adjunct to it and to improve the usefulness of the mill as such, as either the threshing machine or hay cutter."
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