Condee, Inc. v. Chrisman

Defendant-appellant Allen Baird Chrisman leased a tract of land to Meredosia Harbor and Fleeting, Inc. The relevant part of the legal description of that land read as follows: “A certain strip of land lying between the borrow pit of the McGee Creek Levee and Drainage District and the Illinois River.” The borrow pit had long since been filled in and is no longer a visible landmark.

Meredosia then commenced construction of a building despite the ambiguity of the legal description of the land. Under a contract made on or about June 30, 1970, plaintiff, Condee, Inc., installed electrical…