Court hears appeal from Anna Nicole Smith’s estate

Lawyers for the deceased former Playmate plan to tell
justices Tuesday that her estate deserves some of the $1.6 billion estate of
her late husband, J. Howard Marshall.
Marshall’s will left nearly all his money to his son, E.
Pierce Marshall, and nothing to Smith, who said her husband
of 14 months promised to leave the actress-model more than $300 million.
But a federal appeals court sided with a Houston jury that said
Marshall was mentally fit when he left his estate to his son and nothing to
Smith.
Marshall died in 1995, his son died in 2006 and Smith died
in 2007.