I prepared some RW documents recently for a power distribution line to a new petroleum well. These are always hot items because the producer wants to $ell his product ASAP and the power company will not place appurtenances of a commercial nature without first obtaining an easement.
My produced document are on a standard form with the easement description, surface owner info and a brief but informative survey drawing. The power company has a separate standard easement dedication form and our drawing is considered "Exhibit A".
Most folks are more than willing to dedicate the easement, and some receive recompense. In the case of a production company (oil), they are usually generous with the surface owner.
I got a call yesterday and some "little old lady" (who just happens to own everything between here and the horizon) refused to sign the easement dedication. Her reason? According to her the road name was wrong on my exhibit.
Section line roads in Oklahoma can have three or four names depending on where you're at in the county. County Line Rd. might just be called Jeter Rd. the closer you get to the old Jeter farm. I'm sure it only matters to the postman. If I'm in an area I'm not familiar with then Google Earth is my reference.
According to Google Earth, the County and the Post Office, her property was on Whispering Hill Road. She was arguing with the folks at the power company that the road was named Winding Hill Rd; "No siree Bob, nobody's signin' nuttin' 'til we get it right."
It was an easy fix and I'm sure granny is proud of herself for straightening out us poor uniformed folks. People are truly funny.
I have a very similar client. Her family has owned this property in a very, very rural area of our county since the mid 1800's. She is a huge history buff, and it is really cool to sit and talk with her.
She is very particular about the road names on that area, and had the county produce a map showing where the road names were supposed to change, start and stop, etc. She has always been very, very nice to me, but from what I understand, can be very hard to deal with if she thinks someone is trying to get one over on her.
The changes that bother me and sometimes cause no good solution situations are the angry ex spouses that refuse to sign anything with THAT name on it.