What began as a potential romance and a shared dream of completing a mountain-top castle became a bitter legal fight that consumed two years and left both sides claiming significant losses.
When the trial ended this week, neither Robert Mihaly nor Julie Seel walked away a winner.
After two days of testimony and before even reaching the jury, Durham County Superior Court Judge Josephine Kerr Davis dismissed Seel’s claims that Mihaly, 59, had committed fraud, negligent misrepresentation and unfair and deceptive trade practices…