doing two lots out of a subdivision, coupla acres each. original subdivision was platted in '99, the east line of which was a straight call of approx. 1280'. conveying deed to the property states as much, the adjoiner to the east concurs, calling the same monuments.
SAME GUY comes back 3 years later to resub the the back two lots (originally it was 2 pad sites up front and 2 big acreage lots in back). calls for the same original corners, this time 200' down the line he calls another found rod, except it's half a foot off-line between the originals, so he calls a PI. no mention of the existence of either a rod or an angle point in 3-4 generations of deeds on either side of the line. then, of course, another company comes along another 3 years later and resubs the resub (basically making 6 lots out of 4). they hold the NE corner, go through the mysterious PI, and push that bearing through to the front.
so, this morning i go out and start pin cushions at each of the 4 corners of my client's lot (one of the pad lots from the original subdivision). which, of course, i wasn't too keen on doing, but i also couldn't find any way to justify holding on to any of these rods that were the result of a series of increasing errors.
and to be clear- i recovered all the original, called-for subdivision corners, as well as every called-for corner of the east adjoiner. everything jives- except for wambly decorative barbed wire fence that meanders the length of the line.
so, is there some blatantly obvious thing i'm missing here as to why the original platting surveyor would suddenly introduce an angle point into his previously straight (and undisputed) line?
Have you spoken to any of the previous surveyors?
Inexperienced kids some of these surveyors send out to do a job and never check their work.
Some surveyors are unable to place a new monument on the actual boundary along a straight line between existing or missing monuments.
When that happens the Doctrine of Gaps and Gores is used to correct this and other similar instances where on paper it appears there is an overlap or void space along boundaries that began as straight lines.
Unless there has been a conveyance or court order to place a PI in the boundary, it is still a straight line.
I consider these off line stakes to be witness monuments to the actual corner location and call them that way in my reports.
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Am I missing something?
Unless the found rod was there in 99 and that the crew was directed to search for it, but neglected to do so, I see no reason to point the finger at the field crew.
steve,
i've left a couple of messages for the original guy- have yet to hear back. the guy who signed the latest resub no longer works for the company whose name is on that plat, and they don't know where he is. doubt that tree would bear much fruit, and- besides- all the problems stem from that first issue anyways.
Doctrine of Gaps and Gores, hmmmmmm. I like that solution for the "no resason" line bending.
