6-7 (2009): "For corners reestablished by single proportionate measurement, the true point for the corner will be determined by single proportionate m...

Right, but in the language of the test,  the true closing position would not be a "measured" distance. A big part of answering these questions is...

This test in unfortunate in that it encourages the kind of assumptions that get surveyors into trouble every day. You have to assume that the original...

I assume you are joking, but that could be confusing for someone asking for help.

The correct way to do this is the same in both manuals. Where are you getting the 41.09? You cant single proportion between two points on the same s...

I wouldn't necessarily apply New York's courts reasoning to California. While state courts borrow from the same sources, and from each other, local cu...

In Alaska it definitely does, and this is very common, often easements like this are placed on the plat because the platting authorities insist on it....

But merger means combining two (or more ) things into one. If an easement is created across something that is already one there is no merger. There is...

That philosophical argument doesnt matter for a platted easement though. It doesnt matter if the easement exists or not while the lots are in common o...

In most jurisdictions you can split the the two lots by deed, provided they were originally created in compliance with any applicable subdivision regu...

In Alaska it is required to vacate lines by plat by statute. The question of whether the line needs to be removed can usually be answered in the negat...

Local government policy on this sort of thing varies widely, and may not necessarily align with how state law looks at mergers.?ÿ For example,?ÿ in Al...

Another case showing that merger of title extinguishes existing elements when the servient and dominate estates?ÿbecome the property of a single owner...

Why not just include the easment in the deed??ÿ

It depends on how you look at it. You may have maintained the paper area, but you changed the area as marked on the ground.?ÿ It is hard call to make....

Merger of title is usually applied in the reverse of how it?ÿ is being discussed here. Usually it comes up in situations like this:?ÿ 1. A landowner o...

Platted easements through lots owned by the same owner work becasue the deed says lot x of XXX plat. Lot x on the plat has an easment, so the easment ...

One of us is misunderstanding the other. "Using magnetic bearings", is not the same thing as a, "magnetic bearing basis". In all states that I have ex...

Not many surveys were done with magnetic north in 2001. A common method is to use the most recent quad map to look up the magnetic declination. This i...

Or maybe he was just showing the magnetic declination per a 1983 topo quad? Sounds like there are some more questions to be answered before applying m...