Watt v. FARMERS STATE BK. AND TRUST CO.

Section 8 — 1 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 110*2, par. 8 — 1) permits the filing of a suit to contest a will within 6 months of the admission of the will to probate. The issue here is whether, in such a case, an amended complaint can be properly filed, over objection, after the expiration of the 6 months period when (1) the original complaint was filed within the 6 months period alleging that the original will was procured by fraud and undue influence at a time when the testator was of unsound mind, but making no reference to a codicil, and (2) the amended complaint…