One local attorney here prepared descriptions that were written entirely backwards. North was actually south, east was actually west...etc. Made for a lot of head scratching before I figured that one out.
>"small dimensions" refers to the part to the right of the decimal point?
:good: That goes with the repeated "approximately" on the round numbers of feet.
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PiPa,
Maybe I'm reading that response wrong.
I hope so, because if I'm not that is probably the most arrogant and annoyingly pompous blather I've read here in a long time.
🙂
Don
Call for the adjoined prevents gaps and gores. You must do your best to gather all evidence to put that line on the ground. Call for a ridge or hill is high in the chain of evidence, a durable physical feature. Search high and low for remnants of fence from there and just maybe you can find the white oak. Weigh each call separately. The dimensions and directions have weight but the adjoiner, ridge, fence and white oak are the monuments. Collect the evidence, talk to the adjoiners, make your decision as if you had to explain to the judge how you determined the boundary. Take pictures of what you find too. You may end up with 3 acres or 5 acres, doesn't really matter if you can follow the calls in the field. These description are typical in KY and you actually have one of the better ones.
I think they meant, an actual survey on the ground was not conducted at the time of conveyance.
That's what it sounds like to me, too. Not sure why the statement is necessary, though. Sounds like a fairly easy survey is the fence and the white oak are still there.
maybe the lawyer is figuring that the deed distances are slope distances?
You know those "small dimensions" like fractions and little parts of the whole!
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Agreed - totally unacceptable!!
Rare that I have seen descriptions with so many calls for monuments. That's the good part. Expect to compare all adjoiners for these and other monuments within those deeds. To the grandparent if necessary. Map out the calls, then go to the field and find the mons and evidence.
Toughest part of this project is selling the fees required to do the work.
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Paul must have thought the intent of my post was to ask for help in interpreting the description. LOL! I almost didn't show the description because it was really beside the point, but left it in to provide context. The subject was all about that last sentence. I used to work for people like Paul. Now I don't. 😉
I agree that the last line is a bit odd, but wish more attorneys would use the next to last sentence.
"This is not a surveyed description."
Maybe more folks would get their land surveyed so they know what they really own.
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It kind of sounds like some landowner wrote something up, brought it to their attorney and said, "put this in a deed for me."
I found one similar to that in western KY onetime. The guy didn't like what the lawyer wrote so he went to the county clerk's office, drew a line through it, made his changes and initialed it.
Good stuff...
