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LUMMIS v. EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 9484.

576 P.2d 272 (1978)

William R. LUMMIS and First National Bank of Nevada, Cospecial Administrators of the Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Jr., Deceased, Petitioners, v. The EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT of the State of Nevada, IN AND FOR the COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 15, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morse, Foley & Wadsworth and Joseph M. Foley, Las Vegas, for petitioners.

John Peter Lee, Ltd. and Arthur J. Crowley, Los Angeles, Cal., James C. Mahan, Las Vegas, for respondent.

OPINION

GUNDERSON, Justice.

In this original proceeding in prohibition, petitioners, William R. Lummis and the First National Bank of Nevada, seek to bar their substitution as party defendants for the deceased, Howard R. Hughes, Jr. Since we determine substitution is appropriate under the Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure, the petition is denied.

On April 5, 1975, Howard R. Hughes, Jr., died. At the time of his death, four different causes of action...

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