A Michigan man returns a box that contained $43,000 dollars to its owner

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Howard Kirby is one man who is at peace with himself after he made the decision to return over $43,000 dollars that his daughter in law found inside of a box that was inside a couch that he purchased from a Habitat For Humanity Restore in Owosso Michigan last December. Since Howard bought the couch and it was in his possession, his attorney advised him that he had the legal right to keep the money under the possession rule. Howard decided even though the money was legally his, he wanted to be sure that the original owner of the couch who was Kim Fauth-Newberry whose late grandfather Phillip Fauth who passed away in 2019. had the money hidden inside a box where his couch was since I guess he did not trust banks to handle his money. Habitat For Humanity store manager Rick Merling was able to track down Kim to inform her that her late grandfather\s money was being returned to her family since Howard did not want to have a large amount of money that was not his bothering his conscience that someone who really could use the money would be shortchanged because of an error of behalf of one their relatives. Kim thanked Howard for being honest and returning the money that belonged to her late grandfather. As we can see, there are some honest people in this world after all.