I have a very good horror story.  I was working at a county historical
society in Ohio.  One day we received a call from a lady who claimed
ownership of a very rare collection of guns we had.  Her lawyer produced a
very poorly written document from 1939 that claimed the guns were on loan.
She had found the paper work in her grandmother's estate papers.  Her
grandmother had left everything to her daughter and her daughter had left
everything to her daughter.  The will was simply that "I leave everything to
my daughter."  No mention of the guns.  The loan papers also said that the
museum had been loaned, "one quilt, one spinning wheel, 3 chairs."  No other
discription.

I should also point out that the loan paper said 12 guns and there were 16 in
the collection (she claimed all 16.).  We found old copies of the paper work
so our lawyer said we were stuck.  Of course the woman wanted to go through
the collections and select her items.  (of course she wanted the best of what
we had) Until she found the paperwork she never knew she "owned" the stuff.

Well the only thing that saved us was that other members of her family got
involved and also claimed ownership of the artifacts.  The fought and fought
and finally decided that the artifacts should remain on loan to the Museum.

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