How could this happen?

dave-karoly · 2013-04-12T14:35:00Z

Section 7, T17N, R16W, MDM (see diagram below).(see State of California v. Thompson, 22 Cal. App. 3d 368, 1971)Section 7 was Surveyed piecemeal by the GLO. The Range line was surveyed in 1866. The south line by a different Deputy in 1866 and I think he did the south half of the east line in 1866 too saying the land north was too rough, unsurveyable (it's all the same out there).Woods finished the surveys in 1876. He says in the notes that he started at the east quarter section corner, went north a half mile to set the northeast corner, went east, then north, then west all on the random then true line. Everything fits within tolerances, of course.[sarcasm]I mean they really did it that way, right?[/sarcasm]Fred W. Stickney was a Land Surveyor working for Caspar Lumber Company. There are still B.T.s out there scribed "C.L.Co. B.T." He happens to share a name with a famous east coast architect like the nearby City of Fort Bragg shares a name with an east coast City.Stickney started at the northwest corner in 1888. He went south a half mile and found the west quarter section corner. Then he went east on the centerline a half mile and found a stake at the "supposed center of section." Then he went south and found the south quarter section corner. Then he went east a half mile and did not find the southeast section corner but he did find the blazed section lines. Then he went back to the center of section and went east a half mile where he found the east quarter section corner. Then he went back to the center of section and went north a half mile and found no corner but found the blazed section line. Then he went east to Berry Gulch, continued pretty close to Woods' topo call distance and found the northeast section corner with one bearing tree and 3 stumps which fit the other 3 bearing trees. This corner is 900 feet too far west.Then he ran west and found the north quarter section corner with, I think, one bearing tree (the notes are at the office). Then he ran the north-south centerline (about N10W and S10E) and set a new stake at the westerly center. That is a 500' pincushion ;-).I think Stickney was honest. He noted bearing trees found (says nothing about blazes until later surveys) and there are some substantial discrepencies but mostly they fit OK.Assuming the northeast corner and the north quarter really are 900' west (they fit the topo calls to Berry Gulch on the north line and a cardinal line run south from the northeast corner), how in the heck did Woods manage to blow it so badly? He got the northing pretty close so maybe he really ran east out of the northwest but if so he really blew his chaining. Another theory is he ran on magnetic north out of the east quarter (it's pretty close to the declination) but there is a Woods corner a half mile north pretty close to cardinal.

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> I think a second appeal would be on the facts and would more likely than not be upheld on substantial evidence.
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> I will email the memo of decision when I get back.

That would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Posted : April 19, 2013 11:01 am

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Has Fred W. Stickney, Gorlinski, at least two Matt Thompsons and Frank Lermond in there.

The library has a subscription so I will have to check it out.

Posted : April 19, 2013 11:05 am

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