Dairy processing plant and equipment integrated into a factory system — including pasteurisers, homogenisers, storage tanks, filling machines, boilers, and refrigeration equipment — are fixtures rather than chattels, even where secured primarily by their own weight, where they are interconnected and incorporated into the factory for an indefinite period for the better enjoyment of the land as a processing plant. The physical and economic capacity to remove items is relevant to, but not determinative of, the fixture question.
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