Who should recover the money and why?

2Robert A. Spann lived in his Paradise Valley home

until he passed away in 2001 His daughter, Karen Spann Grande (nGrandew, became the personal representative of his estate. She and her sister, Kim Spann, took charge of the house and, among other things r had some repairs made to the home.1

3They also looked for valuables their father may have left or hidden They knew from experience that he had hidden gold/ cash, and other valuables in unusual places in other homes. Over the course of seven years they found stocks and bonds as well as hundreds of military-style green ammunition cans hidden throughout the house, some of which contained gold or cash.

4 The house was sold was isu to Sarina Jennings and Clinton McCallum (nJennings/McCallum*) in September 2008. They hired Randy Bueghly and his company, Trinidad Builders Inc.z to remodel the dilapidatEd home Shortly after the work began, Rafael Cuen, a Trinidad employee, discovered two ammunition cans full of cash in the kitchen wall, went looking, and found two more cash-filled ammo cans inside the framing of an upstairs

bathroom

5After Cuen reported the find to his boss, Bueghly took the four ammo cans but did not tell the new owners about the find, and tried to secret the cans Cuen, however eventually told the new owners about the discovery and the police were called. The police ultimately took control of $500,000, which Bueghly had kept in a floor safe in his home

6Jennings /McCallum sued Bueghly for fraudulent misrepresentation z conversion, and a declaration that Bueghly had no right to the money and Bueghly later filed counterclaim for a declaration that he was entitled to the found funds In the meantime, Grande filed a petition in probate court on behalf of the estate to recover the money. The two cases were consolidated in June 2009