TENANT'S FAMILY GHOST

Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 9

TENANT'S FAMILY GHOST

WHOLE TENEMENT UPSET LANDLORD INVOKES LAW GERMAN COURT PROBLEM By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Berlin, Nov. 21. The interesting question whether a tenant has the right to keep family ghosts ia at present before the Berlin Civil Court. The ghost of the uncle of an 11-year-old girl, Luzie Regulski, is causing so much trouble in her father’s flat, situated in a big. tenement building, that neighbours have complained to the landlord, who is seeking an order for the family’s eviction. The uncle’s appearances are heralded by loud noises, scratchings and knockings on walls and doors, while tables and chairs jump about the room. The landlord claims that the noisy ghost has prejudiced the market value of the tenement and declares that the whole ghostly business is fraud. Failing this, Ire advances the alternative plea that tenants accompanied by family ghosts should state the fact before signing a lease. The case is arousing considerable newspaper interest, while the German Psychological Society is also investigating.