47 Cal. 56
Decided July 1, 1873
California Supreme Court · decided 1873-07-01
The action was brought to recover the value of a brick house erected by the plaintiff on lot No. 7, in the block between H and I, Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, city of Sacramento.
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Decided 1873-07-01
Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently June 1993
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¶1The improvements erected by Gett, under the terms of the lease he obtained from Platt, became part of the freehold, and were the property of the lessor, and so passed by *58his deed to McManus. There is nothing appearing in the circumstances of this case which could operate to change the character of the improvements in this respect or constitute them the mere personal chattels of the plaintiff.
¶2Judgment reversed and cause remanded with directions to dismiss the action.