Kolstad v. Rankin

This is an interlocutory appeal by defendant Bruce Rankin from the order of the circuit court of Piatt County granting a preliminary injunction against defendant and in favor of plaintiffs Charles Kolstad, Mary Lucille Hays, and Mary Heath Hays. Plaintiffs own property adjacent to that owned by defendant. Defendant has a firing range located on his property. Plaintiffs filed a verified complaint for injunctive relief on October 5, 1988. On the same day, the trial court issued a temporary restraining order, which would expire on October 15,1988.

On October 12, 1988, a hearing was conducted.…