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It was over an Estate worth, then, in the millions, so they said but it is hard to say. Producers do a comparative to real time terms to make it sound a lot more than it was, real time purchase power are the words i was looking for. And it was years ago when I saw it on (maybe) Ripley's.
But it was a boat load of money and disposable property.
What happened was he prepared a Will with a Lawyer and the story goes, the night before he was set to sign it and make it all legal and proper, he up and died.
Well, everybody with a claim and probably several who did not, all brought cases to prove their claim held more validity.
A little over 100 years later all claims ceased. The Estate was broke. It went in Legal fees. W.