Rhoden v. First National Bank of Nevada

*655OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

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 Lake City. Officials of the Church delivered that document to the clerk of the district court in Clark County, Nevada. The document nominated…