WASHING MACHINE NOT FIXTURE
Decision On Woman’s Claim (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. July 1. A washing machine was not a fixture in a bouse where tubs with hot and cold water were also provided. Mr J. D. Willis. S.M.. held tn a reserved decision today. The decision followed the hearing of a claim in which Catherine Margaret O’Connell claimed £<ls. or the equivalent value of a washing machine in a house in Gladstone road which she had purchased. Mrs O’Conneli said that she presumed the washing machine, which was in the house when she agreed to purchase, was part of the freehold, but it had been removed.
The Magistrate said that fns decision was based on the particular circumstances of the case The machine was not fixed to the floor and had no heating element in it. The wash-house was properly equipped with tubs and hot and cold water Because of this the machine was not necessary, but was there merely to dispense with some of the labour .of washing. The onus was on the plaintiff to show the washing machine was a fixture, and this was not discharged. The Magistrate gave judgment for the defendant, Bert James Nelson, with costs. £4 18s.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29246, 2 July 1960, Page 12
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