> Is the river navigable, because of the fact that the State claims all water to be navigable within the State, or was it smaller in size (3 chains...
OK, Assume Jones Does Not Intend To Reserve The 4'Thanks Adam, you have to excuse my red-neckisms. Sometimes my education doesn't always not override...
> The compass bearings and distances in the Slipp deed practically scream "survey!" and one would rightly search for survey monuments and any other...
Thank you for sharing that with us. My heart goes out to you and your family, especially your wife.You have lived through one of life's worst nightma...
> Can you provide some documentation for the legal presumption that Eastman saw the pins?> > In Slipp (the Maine case Brian posted yesterday)...
Cee Gee:> The deed in Lex's original example read “the eastern 500’ of Jones’ land”. I can't see what term in that description becomes unclear simp...
OK, Assume Jones Does Not Intend To Reserve The 4'You don't have to assume nothing: as clearly stated, the 4 feet "strip" does not exist, never has, n...
"A latent ambiguity in a deed is created when, in applying the description to the ground, facts extrinsic to the document controvert or in some way re...
JudSuperiority and contempt? I don't think so, I'm really quite humble.I was illustrating the absurd, by being absurd.BTW, you'd be surprised (maybe...
OK - DaveOK, here's what I would do Dave.First I would create an LDP, one that would precisely (within reason, the statute says all measurements must ...
In a perfect world> So who is doing the better job of retracement? The surveyor who uses RTK and measures 496 ft. falling 4 ft. short of the "true"...
Each of the boundary lines, the north line, the south line, the east line and the west line have to be surveyed when surveying the east 500' of Jones'...
Here's some more definitions of latent ambiguity from Maine:595 S.W.2d 453 (1980) KRATZER"A latent ambiguity is an uncertainty which does not appear o...
The third guy must have drove his own tin can.Or rode the high-speed rail.edit: Oops. I just noticed the luggage rack!!
From a few of your previous posts:"I've been hunting for a Maine case, or even just a Maine transaction, where a survey was performed just prior to, a...
What say you?Jud,You are correct. No matter where the boundary is, the landowners can change it. It is their right as landowners. However, the surve...
Another Very Wrong Assumption> ...because if an adjacent monument is missing there is specific instruction to move on to the next monument and so o...
CeeCee:> In the example I gave, the three oaks found render the language in the deed -- the call for a single oak -- latently ambiguous. I can't se...