Finders, Keepers?
Money always rules.
A contractor who helped discover bundles of Depression-era U.S. currency totaling $182,000 hidden behind bathroom walls said the homeowner should turn the money over to him or at least share it…Kitts said his lawyer has drafted a lawsuit that he hopes will force Amanda Reece to turn over the money she has kept.
Most of the currency, issued in 1927 and 1929, is in good condition, and some of the bills are so rare that one currency appraiser valued the treasure at up to $500,000.
Kitts was hired to renovate Reece’s bathroom and found the money hidden in the wall - probably by the original home owner, Peter Dunne.
John Chambers, an attorney for Reece, said Kitts rejected his client’s offer of a 10 percent finder’s fee and demanded 40 percent of the small fortune. Reece has no intention of backing down in the face of what she considers a shakedown, Chambers said.
Dunne died years ago - unmarried and childless.
Posted: Thu - December 13, 2007 at 11:08 AM