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RHODEN v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF NEVADA

No. 11369.

615 P.2d 244 (1980)

Harold RHODEN, Substitute Executor of Noah Dietrich, Estate of Howard R. Hughes, Appellant, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEVADA; William Lummis, and Absent and Minor Heirs, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

August 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckley, Singleton, DeLanoy & Jemison and Mark C. Scott, Jr., Las Vegas, for appellant.

Morse & Foley, Las Vegas, Andrews, Kurth, Campbell & Jones and James W. Dilworth, Houston, Tex., for respondents.

OPINION

THOMPSON, Justice:

The district court denied attorney's fees to the executor of a will which was presented for but not admitted to probate on the ground that it was without jurisdiction to award fees. This appeal tests the propriety of that ruling. For reasons hereafter stated, we affirm.

Howard R. Hughes, Jr., died April 5, 1976. A handwritten document purporting to be his Last Will was discovered at the Mormon Church Headquarters, Salt...

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