Court tosses delivery man's claim to Hughes cash (Melvin Dummar)

ap on SFGate.com ^ | 9/12/08 | P. Solomon Banda - ap

[NormsRevenge]

DENVER (AP) -- A federal appeals court has rejected a second attempt by a delivery man to claim a piece of Howard Hughes' fortune, a plight first dramatized by the 1980s Academy Award-winning "Melvin and Howard."

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a jury in 1978 already determined that a hand-scrawled will offered by Melvin Dummar as evidence wasn't authentic.

[Cementjungle]

Wow, that’s a blast from the past!

[Silly]

You said it!

[Califreak]

I was always intrigued by that story.

[OCC]

I wonder how much Melvin spent on lawyers over the last 30 years, or how much he got payed for selling his story????

[kbennkc]

Mel is kinda like D.B. Cooper . A lot of people would like to see him get some dough , perhaps just for his creativity and the entertainment value .

[DGHoodini]

No kiddin....I can’t believe they are still litigating this!
To think of how young I was, when I first heard the story of the driver who picked the hitch hiking H.H. up.

..Watchin the days roll by....water flowin under...

[mkjessup]

"Obviously, we and the family of Mr. Gay are very pleased by the decision, and this finally puts an end to a matter that was resolved 30 years ago,"
said Peggy Tomsic,
an attorney for Gay,
who died in May,
"And we will always remember,
the court rulings of September."

Burma Shave.