Howard Hughes 'Mormon Will' case · Nevada jury · 1978

Was the will real?

Short answer: No: the jury found it a forgery.

The facts. After Howard Hughes died, a one-page will surfaced leaving 1/16 of his fortune to Melvin Dummar, a Utah gas station owner. He said he once picked up a stranger in the Nevada desert who said he was Hughes.

The ruling. Hughes will case (1978): After a long trial, a Las Vegas jury found the will was a forgery. Dummar got nothing.

His story became the Oscar-winning film Melvin and Howard. Dummar kept insisting he'd told the truth until his death in 2018. The will would have been worth $156 million.

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