Which case is associated with fittings?

• A. Leigh v Taylor
• B. Holland v Hodgson
• C. Donoghue v Stevenson
• D. Rylands v Fletcher

Answer: (A)

Understanding fittings versus fixtures is about what passes with the land and what stays as personal property. A fitting is something attached to the property but intended to remain personal property and can usually be removed without damaging the land; a fixture is permanently attached in a way that it becomes part of the land.

Leigh v Taylor is the case associated with fittings because it provides a classic illustration of the boundary between fittings and fixtures. It shows that even items connected to the property (like decorative items) can be treated as fittings if they are not intended to be permanent parts of the land and can be removed without altering the property. This helps explain why such items do not automatically pass with the land unless the contract says they do.

The other cases cited aren’t about fittings. Holland v Hodgson is the key fixture case focusing on annexation and permanence, while Donoghue v Stevenson and Rylands v Fletcher are torts cases and not about the fixtures/fittings distinction.