Foster v. Leong

PRESIDING JUSTICE JIGANTI

delivered the opinion of the court:

The complaint of the plaintiff, Carlice Foster against the defendants, Victor and Dorothy Leong was dismissed because it was filed beyond the applicable statute of limitations. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 13 — 202.) The plaintiff contends that since the Leongs were beneficiaries of a land trust and the complaint against the land trustee was filed within the statute of limitations the amendment to the complaint naming the Leongs relates back to the date of the filing of the original complaint against the land trustee. The…