Borton

Southern California Hardwood & Manufacturing Co. v. Borton

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 759·46 Cal. App. 524·189 P. 1022
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMarch 12, 1920Civ. No. 2118.California5,052 words

Opinion

rehearing Opinion

The petition for a rehearing is denied. In order that the effect of the decision may not be misunderstood we deem it necessary to add some details not given in the opinion of the district court. [4] In the house in question certain fixtures- were attached to the closet doors and to the floors of the closets in the rooms in which *531 the beds in quéstion were installed, by means of which the beds, which were the subject in controversy in the action,

, could be placed in the closet and hooked on to the aforesaid fixtures. The effect was that when the closet door was opened the bed would swing around into the room, whereupon, by letting it down upon the floor, it was ready for use. The beds were not built in the wall with the house nor were they a necessary part of the house itself. They could be taken out without unscrewing any screws or removing any fixtures and the house would remain habitable as before, except that it was not furnished with beds. It is obvious, therefore, that they were not affixed to the building in the ordinary sense of the word so as to become a part of the realty as between the person who sold the same, retaining title in himself, and a subsequent purchaser…

lead Opinion

Ellison, J.

On the twenty-second day of January, 1917, defendant Laura E. Borton was building a house upon a described lot in the city of Los Angeles. At the same time the plaintiff was the manufacturer for sale of various kinds and classes of wall beds. The defendant Laura E, Borton, being desirous of having installed in the house that she was building, certain wall beds that were being manufactured and sold by the plaintiff, entered into a written contract with it in and by which it agreed to and did install in said house seventy-seven Murphy beds. The agreement is a long one, and it will not be necessary for the decision of the case to set it out in full. The following quotations from it are deemed sufficient for a determination of the controversy. After reciting that Laura E. Borton desired to purchase from the plaintiff the wall beds, but was unable to pay for them at that time, it proceeds:

It is further provided: “Upon payment of full purchase price as herein called for, the seller shall execute and deliver to the proposed purchaser a bill of sale transferring title from the seller to the proposed purchaser. . . .

“The failure of the seller to exercise its right of recaption at any…

lead Opinion

On the twenty-second day of January, 1917, defendant Laura E. Borton was building a house upon a described lot in the city of Los Angeles. At the same time the plaintiff was the manufacturer for sale of various kinds and classes of wall beds. The defendant Laura E, Borton, being desirous of having installed in the house that she was building, certain wall beds that were being manufactured and sold by the plaintiff, entered into a written contract with it in and by which it agreed to and did install in said house seventy-seven Murphy beds. The agreement is a long one, and it will not be necessary for the decision of the case to set it out in full. The following quotations from it are deemed sufficient for a determination of the controversy. After reciting that Laura E. Borton desired to purchase from the plaintiff the wall beds, but was unable to pay for them at that time, it proceeds: "Whereas, both parties are agreeable that the seller deliver to the proposed purchaser the said wall beds with the understanding that the sale is not complete until the beds are paid for in full, in cash, and with the further specific understanding that until they are so paid for in actual cash, they…

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