Hild v. Avland Development Co.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Tazewell County which entered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Ray Hild and Edward Tyrrell, and against the defendant, Avland Development Company, for damages in the sum of *4,427.12 and for other mandatory relief.

The factual situation which ultimately resulted in litigation between the plaintiffs and the defendant and which led to this appeal is as follows.

In 1959 Ben Knapp owned more than 300 acres of farm and pasture land near the city of Mackinaw in Tazewell County, Illinois. Plaintiff Ray Hild owned a 200-acre farm adjoining the…