SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's landed estate liking lay hold of nobody of the more than $300 million the late Rake facsimile claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was in short married meant to say goodbye her after he died.

The ruling came in a 15-year authorized melee that started in a sleepy Houston probate court and stretched all the course of action to the U.S Unexcelled Court.

It initially pock-marked Smith against the son of J. Howard Marshall over the $1.6 billion mansion the grease tycoon left after his 1995 liquidation at majority 90. J. Howard Marshall had get hitched Smith the year ahead when she was 26.

Marshall's son E. Drill Marshall died in 2006 and Smith perished after a stimulant overdose in 2008. Their heirs and lawyers kept up the licit joust with that included identical ruling awarding Smith $474 million.

Kent Richland, who represents the Smith place, said he would tempt the latest ruling but hasn't definite whether to appeal to the appeals court for another hearing or take the in the event that back the U.S. Best Court anyhow different issues.
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