The death of a curmudgeonly Brooklyn lawyer has sparked a legal showdown between his lone surviving heir and Harvard Law School over his $35 million fortune.
The financial windfall would be the largest individual donation in the illustrious school's history - if only Harvard could prove it is entitled to Harvey Greenfield's bulging nest egg.Greenfield died in July 2002. He was 74, and one of the few friends he left behind is convinced he wanted his millions to benefit Harvard.
No will has been found. "Without the document or other compelling evidence that he wanted his fortune to go to Harvard, a cousin in Florida will get the money." Harvard's not happy, according to this from the NY Daily News.