A Few More Cents

I was wondering if Howard was ever going to get around to taking Ford & Ben Thompson to court for the stolen estate stuff. I guess I had assumed that since there had been nothing reported about it that they made some sort of deal... You know like Howard not pressing charges in return for Ford & Ben to drop the claims on the Horizon's home. But then again why should anything be settled with them if 1) the home did rightfully belong to Anna and then 2) the items were taken illegally.

What I could never understand about the taken items was that if they were really taken to "look out for Anna" why was the stuff sold all over the place? Was he trying to help Anna or was he just trying to get a few minutes in the spotlight? What do you think?