I like the part where he wrote a letter to Curtis Sumner:
... many attorneys and judges don't have anything near the understanding of real property law - let alone the knowledge of everything else associated - as do surveyors. Third, boundary disputes are prohibitively expensive to adjudicate for everyone (i.e. the neighbors and the courts - which beyond the opportunity cost of dealing with an important conflict of course otherwise means every taxpaying citizen).
So, it seems that legally expanding the scope so that surveyors don't just render their opinion as to the location of the titled line, but also may serve in a "limited legal" capacity to sort out the solutions to prevent a boundary dispute would be ideal.
I have always felt it is the duty of a Surveyor was to try to bring two claimants together and hash stuff out. To act as a non-binding arbitrator.
But I wonder if getting both parties to allow the Surveyor to arbitrate would be legal? I would think so. As long as both parties agreed.
Would it be binding?
(slightly edited ?)