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Litigation

May 17, 2001

Riches to Rags

It was pure Horatio Alger. The plaintiff, in telling his life story, detailed how he worked in a silver mine when he was 16, then took a job as a carpenter, built apartment buildings, owned five banks, got into real estate development and, finally, became a developer of campgrounds for recreational vehicles - all with just a high-school education.

        BY LEONARD NOVARRO
        
        It was pure Horatio Alger.
        The plaintiff, in telling his life story, detailed how he worked in a silver mine when he was 16, then took a job as a carpenter, built apartment buildings, owned five banks, got into real estate development and, fin...

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