MATTER OF ESTATE OF SUTHERLAND

No. 1-91-0588.

593 N.E.2d 955 (1992)

229 Ill. App.3d 281

171 Ill.Dec. 135

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Lawrence Laird SUTHERLAND, a/k/a Laird Sutherland, Deceased John Ellis, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas Chuhak, Administrator with the Will Annexed of the Estate of Lawrence Laird Sutherland, Deceased, Administrator-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

May 15, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob and Lawrence S. Bloom, Chicago, for petitioner-appellant.

Richard J. Ciecka, John Laurence Kienlen, Barry Feinberg and Jeffrey C. Schmidt, Chicago, for administrator-appellee.


Presiding Justice McNULTY delivered the opinion of the court.

Petitioner-appellant John Ellis (Ellis) filed a petition in the probate division of the circuit court of Cook County, seeking leave to file a claim against the Sutherland estate for services rendered. This petition was denied because the court determined that the claim period had expired. An appeal was taken from this denial pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(b)(1). 107 Ill.2d R. 304.

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