Intrusion

Bill him or (me) all you want. I'm never going to pay the bill. It will cost you more to try and get paid. I also doubt any court will find in your favor were you to take it that far.

Do you mean: billing the client for the unwarranted (false intrusion claim) delay?  Sorry if I'm not reading this correctly, but it sounds like it is the survey crew that is the perceived intruder?  Or is the client trying to bill YOU for the delay?

Billing whomever is delaying our project. Not the client.

The client is the one being harmed by the actions of the possible adjoiner.  Provide him the portion of your total invoice that was caused by the possible adjoiner.  Have him take action as he deems appropriate.

The whole thing is stupid.  At least in right of entry states.  Any potentially hazardous continuation should be handled by the law officers.

Delay you say? As a party chief I always enjoyed taking a break and talking to landowners. I always thought a little downtime was baked into the fees.

Then one day, deep in the woods we're taking a break by the instrument. A 70-year-old woman steps out from behind a bush and she's pointing a shotgun in our direction. She said " don't move" and we didn't. When I started to tell her who we were she told me to shut up and all of us should sit down in a group where she could keep her eye on us.

She did tell us that the sheriff had been called and a deputy would be there to straighten us out. I think we were all hoping that Deputy didn't get delayed anywhere. We were in a remote part of the county and it seemed to be an extra long 30 minutes before that Deputy arrived.