This is really not that big a deal. Eventually the mixup would have been discoverd and he would have had to return the money.
you are right in that if he had cashed the checks he would have had serious problems later, BUT the fact he went out of his way to return them is a character issue, not a legal issue. He could have just let them sit in a drawer, or marked them RTS, etc.
You do see the difference?
It's a big deal, as a lot of people would not have figured it out....also, he didn't have to personally find the man, he could of just returned to sender. Meaning, it would of taken much longer for the man to receive the money. You know how the system works. They might have even put it into a dead file and he would of never received it.
It's a very big deal...............
***This is really not that big a deal. Eventually the mixup would have been discoverd and he would have had to return the money.***
Yes, you're right. But he could have shredded the checks and forgotten about it. So he STILL deserves credit for making sure the insurance company didn't just write it off as well. The ins. company, after all, had records to prove they sent the check, and the insured might NOT have told anyone that he took out the insurance. He's still a hero in my book for caring.
Inferno,
I've known you to be cynical, but this takes the cake. Try spell checker, it works.