§ 34-17-1. Factory equipment declared real estate.
The water wheels, steam engines, boilers, all shafting, whether upright or horizontal, and hangers for the same, except such as are used to drive a special machine, all drums, pulleys, wheels, gearing, steam pipes, gas pipes, gas fixtures, water pipes, and fixtures, kettles and vats, set and used in any mechanical or manufacturing establishment, are declared to be real estate whenever they belong to the owner of the real estate to which they are attached.
History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 200, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 251, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 295, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 430, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-17-1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Section 34-17-1. - Factory equipment declared real estate.
Section 34-17-2. - Machinery and apparatus declared personal property.
Section 34-17-3. - Partition of machinery and apparatus.
Section 34-17-4. - Removal of fixtures annexed by life tenant.
Section 34-17-5. - Testamentary powers unaffected by § 34-17-4.