Greed

I just now heard and read about the contractor who found money in someone else’s wall and sued for his share of it. Ridiculous. It is a perfect example of how greedy people are. Everyone wants a share of something whether they’re entitled to it or not and the person determining if they’re entitled or not isn’t necessarily right. It’s mostly a matter of opinion and luck on getting a judge who agrees with you.
The man who found the money was quoted as saying
“I open up one of the envelopes, tear open the corner and there’s a $50 bill”
He THEN calls the homeowner.
The contractor felt he was entitled to a larger chunk then the 10% offered to him, due to “finders, keepers”.
According to wikipedia, “Finders, keepers is the adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it can claim it.” However everything in the home belongs to the homeowner whether she is aware of it’s existence or not. Or at least that is how it should be. The contractor had no right to even open what he found in SOMEONE ELSE’s home. It should have all been turned over to the homeowner. He then should have graciously accepted the finder’s fee she offered and prayed for some good luck of his own instead of greedily attaching himself to someone else’s good luck.
What happened next?
“A month after The Plain Dealer reported on the case in December 2007, Dunne's estate got involved, suing for the right to the money.” Dunne is the man who stashed the cash and “died without a will or heirs.”
Just because somewhere down the bloodline you are related to someone doesn’t make you entitled to any of their money. Unless of course it was willed to you, which in this case it was not. But greedy people will try, and in cases like this they will win.
It’s ridiculous. NOW after lawyer’s fees and payouts to the descendants the greedy man who started the lawsuit was reported to only have walked away with a few thousand dollars. 10% of the money in question would have been $18,200 which is more then just a “few” thousand. Also, in the midst of all this his business suffered due to what he feels like was the media portraying him as greedy. How he can feel vindicated when he walked away with less then what was originally offered shows what a moron he is. The homeowner obviously agreed with him that he deserved something or she wouldn’t have offered 10%.
...simply ridiculous.

Here are the articles I read about this in and quoted..
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081108/ap_on_re_us/house_hidden_money
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/13/eveningnews/main3617369.shtml