Case Name: WATSON v. ALBERTS
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1899-07-05
Citations: 120 Mich. 508
Docket Number: 
Parties: WATSON v. ALBERTS.
Judges: The other Justices concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
WATSON v. ALBERTS.
Conditional Sale — Bona Fide Purchaser — Fixtures.
A bona fide purchaser of land, and of a permanent distillery-plant thereon, acquires title to a steam pump attached to the distillery, as against one who sold the pump, knowing it was to be so attached, under a contract providing that title should remain in the seller until payment of the price.
Error to Muskegon; Russell, J.
Submitted April 19, 1899.
Decided July 5, 1899.
Trover by William G. Watson and others against Silas L. Alberts and another. From a judgment for defendants on verdict directed by the court, plaintiffs bring error.
Affirmed.
Plaintiff, sold to one Minnick a steam pump, to be used by him in a peppermint distillery on his farm. It was sold on credit, the title to remain in plaintiffs until the price ($50) was paid. It was attached to a drive-wheel, and connected by a steam-pipe to the boiler; was fastened to a plank, which rested on timbers set in the ground. The pump and the entire distillery plant was in a permanent building. ■ Defendants bought Miimick’s farm and distillery in good faith, without notice or knowledge of plaintiffs’ claim, and believing that the pump was a part of the realty.
A. S. Hinds (Arthur Jones, of counsel), for appellants.
Stephen H. Clink, for appellees.

Opinion:
Grant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). The property was sold to be attached to the distillery, and plaintiffs so understood it. It was so attached, and was sold by Minnick, as a part of the realty, to defendants, who were bona fide purchasers. The case is ruled by Wickes Bros. v. Hill, 115 Mich. 333.
Judgment affirmed.
The other Justices concurred.