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Question about Quarters and location terminology
First, thank you for any help you can provide!
Some background info:
In my neighborhood (all rural residences) on roughly 5 – 7 acre lots. It’s not uncommon to have a shared well agreement; some folks have drilled their own private well. One of my neighbors who was selling his land stated he had water rights to the well on my property. He was able to produce an old well agreement from the title company made in 1981 stating his rights to a well located at specific location. His document has two discrepancies:
1. My well wasn’t drilled until 1992
2. His well agreement location states different “quarters” from my agreement and well log.
So the question is, if his agreement states rights to a well in the SW quarter of the SW quarter in section 31 and mine states NW quarter of the SW quarter Section 31, these are two different 40 acre blocks, correct?
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