In 1941, when Dolores Moran was just 15, she worked as a waitress at a drive-in restaurant in San Jose, Calif. One day she served a local farmer some coffee and a hamburger. The following year, Moran left San Jose and moved to Hollywood where she achieved success as an actress. By the 1960s her acting career had ended, but then something amazing happened. The farmer she had served at the drive-in 27 years before had died, leaving her his apricot orchard valued at around $300,000 ($3.3 million today). Moran had no memory of serving the farmer, whose name was Anthony Ponce. The two had never communicated since then, but evidently Moran made a big impression on Ponce. Ponce’s relatives contested the will, arguing that he was not of sound mind when he made the will, but the court sided with Moran.
