[WSBARP] Suicide disclosure

Fri Jun 23 13:26:00 PDT 2023

There was a New York case we read in law school where a party sold a
"haunted" B and B that had been on some kind of advertised ghost tour. The
buyers didn't know about it until later and sued. The court held that
"having persistently held out the house as haunted, Sellers are estopped
from claiming that it isn't. The house is, as a matter of law, haunted."

It was a hoot.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:40 PM Inge Fordham <inge at fordhamlegal.com> wrote:

> That’s one I haven’t heard of … failure to disclose ghost haunting
> property.  Thanks for this gem.  😊
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> *Date: *Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:57 AM
> *To: *WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [WSBARP] Suicide disclosure
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> You are correct years ago I represented the Realtor who sold a house where
> owners mother had committed suicide which wasn’t disclosed and the buyer
> sued for non disclosure saying the Ghost of the deceased was still in the
> property crt dismissed saying no requirement of disclosure
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> wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Inge Fordham
> *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 11:42 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] Suicide disclosure
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> My understanding is that in the State of Washington, sellers are not
> required to disclose a death on the property (whether by murder, suicide,
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> *Date: *Friday, June 23, 2023 at 11:35 AM
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> *Subject: *[WSBARP] Suicide disclosure
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> Listmates, does anyone know what the seller’s disclosure requirement ( if
> any) is when someone has committed suicide in a home?  Thanks, Craig
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