“As a matter of law, the house is haunted”… Stambovsky v. Ackley (169 AD2nd 254)
It began, as a lot of NY litigation tales do, with a seemingly simple real estate transaction. While various publications described the Ackleys experience with poltergeists, and while both the Ackleys and Ellis Realty claimed they informed Stambovsky about the unusual and unearthly tenants, the buyer waited till after the contract was signed to request…
