@mightymoe We are saying the same thing. In the PLSS intermediate controlling corners cotrol proportions. You can never be sure that you are not skip...

@mightymoe We are blind without the notes. From the plat it looks like the C1/4 probably was set. If it was and is now lost, you would probably set i...

@chris-bouffard I don't think your note will do much to proyect you. You will always be on the hook for your own mistakes as a licenced professional?...

@mightymoe Any general advise is dangerous, let the plats and the notes guide you.?ÿ One?ÿ question that might be important is were the original pat...

@paul-in-pa This has nothing to do with being a Colonial State or not. It's?ÿ as likely in a PLSS state, unless you think surveyors make fewer mistak...

@thebionicman Not a bad solution.?ÿ

@norm If I am understanding you correctly you are talking about something like, "beginning at the West 1/4 of fractional section XX..." I would just...

@norm There is more than one definition of fractional. We need to be carefull to use the right one. We don't want to be in a position where we have t...

@norm Even BLM was known to use the term "fractional" section like you are at some point in time. Of course we can't change all the deeds, but we can...

I won't try to change your mind, because it sounds like you are right. I will try to change your terminology, all of us running around with our local ...

Some more to chew over in situations where the Manual is applicable: 5-5.The function of county or other local surveyors begins when the surveyors un...

Late to this, but the point of 12.7.2.8.B (8) is that there is no exemption for ALTA surveys. Not all ALTA surveys will meet the requirements for mand...

As others have alluded to, trial courts come up with all kinds of hogwash. They should rarely be used as guides to resolving any questions that don't ...

@norm You are right, it is highly unlikely that the tranmision line is going anywhere, but depending on the terms of the licence and the type of inte...

@bill93 A licence is not an easmnet, though the lines can get blurred.?ÿ

Well..It depends, was the railroad an easement before it reverted? What are the terms of the licence? Did the owner grant the tranmision line easement...

@mike-marks The question of whether the road moved out of its ROW by a gradual movement versus jumping out is very rarely a deciding factor. In neith...

@not-my-real-name Sometimes the other evidence just does not exist.?ÿ

@bstrand In the absence of all other evidence, including a survey, the course of action you described sounds reasonable.?ÿ

@not-my-real-name I think that is true everywhere. Pavement is awful evidence, but we can't just throw up our hands when there is nothing else, like ...