Ruffing v. Glissendorf

The primary question posed by this case is whether the 9 (now 7) months period of limitation under section 90 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, chap. 3, par. 90), for filing a petition to contest the admission of a will to probate, operates as a jurisdictional limitation or only as a statute of limitations.

The probate division of the circuit court of Cook County entered an order on December 10, 1965, admitting an instrument dated June 28, 1965, as the will of Anna G. King and letters testamentary were issued to Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company. A petition was filed…