Estate of Hughes v. First National Bank of Nevada

OPINION

By the Court,

Gregory, Sr. D. J.:

This appeal arises from an order approving Texas Commerce Bank’s creditor’s claim.

During his lifetime Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., executed a promissory note in the sum and amount of $3,000,000 due and payable on December 31, 1976, to the order of Texas Commerce Bank. On April 5, 1976, Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., died in the State of Texas.

Probate proceedings were commenced in Texas as well as Nevada. The Texas Commerce Bank caused a claim for the promissory note to be filed against the Hughes’ estate in the Texas probate court on September 20, 1976, and…