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hypernova:

--- Quote ---The $20 bill belongs to the owner.  Realistically, I'd probably pocket the $20 if I was volunteering to clean up some random lot.
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Just wait until the wind blows it into neutral territory.  Oh look!  $20 in the street!

My opinion on this whole story, woman legally owes him nothing (or a finder's fee) or whatever the law explicitly states.
But she should've been more than willing to share a bit more.  Any sort of unscrupulous contractor would've found that box, tore the hell out of the home (on a subsequent visit to continue the job after learning the value,) and made off with the possible half million assets in question.
And she would've been none the wiser, only finding her home in a state of destruction.

Maybe it's just me...In a world filled with liars and greed, I think the woman should've offered more for the guy's complete honesty with the situation.  Unfortunately, she didn't, and he didn't take the 10% (not sure if there was any kind of negotiation,) so now they both look greedy.

shmokes:

--- Quote from: hypernova on December 15, 2007, 11:04:22 pm ---Arrested Development.

WATCH IT!

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Seriously, go to Blockbuster at your first possible convenience and rent the first season.  You will probably watch every episode back-to-back.  It's that good.  It has the same effect on my 20-year-old college friends as my 50-year-old father-in-law.  It's easily the funniest thing on TV since Seinfeld; possibly the funniest sitcom ever.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on December 15, 2007, 04:10:32 pm ---
The money is hers and the judge is going to look at the contractor and say "Dude,  you should have taken the 10% you dumbass...my judgement is for the defendant plus court costs"...


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yep. how could that dude even HOPE otherwise. it's entirely up to her. i should add that the only exception would be if the original owner claimed it, but i imagine he's long gone...

shmokes:
I really don't think the original owner or his heirs/devisees could claim it.  Things that are fixed to/in the walls or ground are considered part of the property.  For example, if I bought your house and you decided that, while you were emptying it of all your belongings, you would retrieve all that expensive CAT 6 cable you had pulled, I could sue you for damages, cos that wire became part of the house when you installed it.  You don't have to have told me that the house comes wired for ethernet; the mere fact that the wires are in the wall means that the house comes with the wires.

As long as this guy's deed is good, everything inside the walls became his when he closed the deal on the property, even if the guy who sold him the house was the very person who accidentally forgot to take the money that he had personally hidden inside the walls.

danny_galaga:


oh, good point. that's why your the law-type guy (",)

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