Finder’s Keepers? A Puzzling Plight of Contractor’s or Homeowner’s Rights

Have you ever found something on someone’s else’s property or their domain that seemingly belonged to them, but without your discovery, they never would have known that they had it? This is a case going on now in Cleveland, Ohio between a homeowner and a contractor over money that was found on the homeowner’s property. This interesting story of who gets to keep the money got me to thinking: What would I do if this happened in my old, treasure-laden home? In this instance, the first thing I think is that the money should be split, 70-30 with the bulk …read more