ESTATE OF HUGHES

Docket No. 50899.

77 Cal.App.3d 899 (1978)

143 Cal. Rptr. 858

Estate of HOWARD ROBARD HUGHES, JR., Deceased. BRUCE A. ALTMAN, as Public Administrator, etc., Petitioner and Appellant, v. RICHARD C. GANO, JR., as Special Administrator, etc., Objector and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Four.

February 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John H. Larson, County Counsel, and Gordon W. Treharne, Deputy County Counsel, for Petitioner and Appellant.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Ronald E. Gother and Marc R. Isaacson for Objector and Respondent.


OPINION

FILES, P.J.

On April 14, 1976, nine days after the death of Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., (hereinafter decedent), Richard C. Gano, Jr., (hereinafter respondent) was appointed special administrator of the California estate of decedent in an ex parte proceeding. Mr. Gano is a resident of California and a first cousin of decedent. He had been nominated as special administrator by Annette Gano Lummis of Houston, Texas, the aunt of...

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