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Paper for an injury on the job. He said that he saved $17,000
from the sale of a house in Kansas City in 1981, and $23,000 from
the sale of a house in Yellville in 1985. He stated that he
saved $6,000 from selling personal possessions when he sold the
house in Yellville in 1985. He stated that his grandmother gave
him $20,000 in 1986 to replace personal items he had kept in her
house and that were lost when the house burned down. He said
that he saved about $22,000 from 1987 to 1997 from his buying and
selling activity.
Petitioners’ son, Gary, testified that he once “took a bunch
of money” from petitioner when he was about 6 or 7 years old and
got in a lot of trouble.
Petitioner’s brother, Danney, testified that petitioner told
him he had saved money for many years. Danney said: “Every time
I’d turn around he [petitioner] had a roll of bills.” “I’ve seen
him with * * * [what] appeared to be large sums of money.”
Danney also testified that petitioner sold his personal items
from the Yellville house at auction.
Petitioner’s uncle, Ireland, testified that he did not know
how much money, if any, his mother (petitioner’s grandmother)
gave petitioner for items he lost when her house burned down.
Ireland said that petitioner’s grandparents lived through the
Depression and taught petitioner and him how to save money. He
testified that he saw petitioner with “a lot of U.S. savings
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