Jacoby v. Jacoby

Plaintiff, William L. Jacoby, Jr., is appealing from a decree of the circuit court of DuPage county, dismissing for want of equity plaintiff’s complaint for an accounting, a declaration of trust, and an injunction to prevent his mother, the defendant Laura Warren Jacoby, from revoking a will and disposing of her property.

Plaintiff failed to file his notice of appeal within the 90-day period, or to perfect his appeal within the time designated by the statute, for certain vague and general reasons. This court, however, has granted his petition for leave to appeal, and shall consider the cause…