Utah Man To Try Again For Howard Hughes' Fortune

The Utah man who claimed to have rescued Howard Hughes in the desert 40 years ago, and then was supposed to inherit more than $150 million from the billionaire's will, is reportedly going to press on with his case.

Lawyers for Melvin Dummar, 61, have filed new motions in Nevada district court hoping to get a new trial into the so-called Mormon will, according to CBS affiliate KLAS in Las Vegas.

Earlier this year, a federal judge dismissed Dummar's lawsuit which sought the $156 million he claims he was promised by Hughes� will.

For more than 30 years, Dummar has publicly claimed that he rescued Hughes � who was bloodied, alone and lying in a ditch -- in the Nevada desert in 1967. Dummar then says a well-dressed man delivered the will to his gas station after Hughes� death in 1976, with the instructions that it be given to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

The will left both Dummar and the LDS Church 1/16th of Hughes� estate approximately $156 million each.

Previous attempts by Dummar to collect the money have all failed, with the courts calling the Mormon will a fake.

Now, it appears that Dummar wants to have the latest judgment overturned so that he can have a new trial in Utah federal court.

Sources say the newly-filed court documents contain information that Dummar's legal team believes is sufficient to warrant a new trial.