Although the insurer reissued the drafts and sent them via overnight mail, plaintiffs' attorney returned them uncashed and advised that no binding settlement agreement had been reached.
They found cheques uncashed for 30 years, large chests filled with silver plates and valuable furniture and antiques, all buried under this mountain of rubbish.
Unclaimed property includes funds from savings or checking accounts, uncashed dividends, insurance policies, or other accounts that the owner may have forgotten.
Missing records, files in disarray, uncashed checks, and unaccounted for tickets, made it impossible to determine how much additional money might be unaccounted for or missing.
