Dan:Re: "Are you suggesting that Mr. Jones DID NOT let Eastman know that he had or was having a survey made to determine the extents of the parcels? T...
David:> When he bought the "east 500'" a survey was completed and pins set where that surveyor measured 500'. Those pins were shown to the "west 5...
JBS:Re: "Go back and re-read the original post...."I have re-read the original post what feels like 496 times and I can see where Westerly was shown t...
JBS:In general I agree that, given such testimony, the pins would likely prevail. But I can't see where in the original post the pins were shown to Ea...
JBS:> When the seller takes the buyer onto the ground and shows them the markers, a representation is made. When the buyer subsequently goes ahead ...
The Boundary Exists At 500'I'm not seeing the "reliance" in the original fact set. Merely knowing that some pins exist does not in itself constitute "...
JBS:But what if we put other words in Jones' mouth? I've known many landowners who would insist that their intent was to sell 500 feet, NOT to sell up...
Come again? When you say "The irons set in 1960 are found to be 996’ west of the east line," do you mean the irons which in fact were "old irons" in 1...
I did have better luck -- here's a thread I started about them awhile back:[msg]92782[/msg]
Maine and New Hampshire went at it a few years ago:
Maine and New Hampshire went at it a few years ago:
Maine has a similar but somewhat less comprehensive statute. It sounds to me like the surveyors you mention are rather clumsily using an essentially i...
In addition to the nail, think about the nailer -- you might be able to find someone in the highway department who's been around since back then and w...
The Lucas EffectJames:Thank you for this thoughtful and well-written post. I haven't read the book, but your points could apply to most of Lucas' colu...
This morning, in a hurry and shooting from the hip, I wrote "an instrument...must be acknowledged by the grantee, and I'm not sure a minor can legally...
Gotta roll or I'd do some research before responding. But I suspect the problem with a minor grantee might be that one condition for the validity of a...
What is generally thought to be the nature of the surveyor/client relationship in your state? That's the key to the answer. In Maine, it's generally t...
Kennebec County, Maine, has the images (both written records and plans) indexed and available back to 1799. If you're unsubscribed, index use is free ...
