>> barni chapman. >> barni chapman is a real-estate broker whose friendship with ruth and martin duffy to the 1960s. from colorado, ruth wrote to barni about the couple's long-time desire to preserve the mine as an historic site. what did you tell the judge when you were on the stand? >> "your honor, i have a letter, and it states very simply, 'dear barni, i think i found someone that will live up to martin's wishes." and she said she trusted him. >> who was she talking about? >> jon. >> on december 5, 2001, a judge rules that barbara's petition, in its entirety, is denied. >> my aunt ruth had dementia. and i truly believe she did. but to prove that, it's just very difficult. and obviously, we weren't able to. i was very disappointed. [ crying ] oh, i'm sorry. [ sighs ] >> ruth duffy dies just six months later. jon gets to keep his strange inheritance. >> i think the judge could see there wasn't a manipulation or an unjust enrichment, because the mine was just a historical relic. >> i wonder, how can jon know it won't produce again? technology has improved. you may be able to bring in