The point is that a quit claim deed is no longer needed if the thing goes to court and gets a decision. The reason to use a quit claim is as I said a...

A NY case 10-15 years ago protected tax maps. Some company was overlaying the tax maps with topographical information and reselling them. Court said...

In my area a boundary line adjustment is when one sells some property to the neighbor. It gets less scrutiny than a subdivision because it is not cre...

I was trying to capture the largest possible sample of situations with my statement. Not limited to anything in particular, but rather encompassing a...

Well, modern boundary by acquiesence is also trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. The courts can not agree with a certain set of facts and...

I didn't read the Idaho decision, but I'm familiar with what it probably says. NY law is similar and in fact many of the early decisions in the weste...

Well, because we don't need to presume to know that a 100 year old fence was built at or nearer to the time of the original survey. So the proper pre...

Not at all Keith. What we are talking about is rejecting lines the landowners have established in favor of lines that subsequent landowners have trie...

Kent, if by Dowsing you mean the magical locating of an unknown by use of a medium, then I think the CA legislature is way ahead of you. The complete...

Dave, you may well be correct. In fact, the same case may lose in the same court in northern california tomorrow. The CA courts are analyzing things...

Having read them, I think both turn on the one question of what the intent of the parties was.I think the courts in both decisions make clear that obj...

I think you need to do more research. Depends on where you are though. In NY I would be suspecting that you have an old turnpike. These mostly went...

Dave, sounds interesting, I'll have to search back and read them. One of the quotes I like is "all retracement surveys are based in history" or somet...

"there are monuments not exactly where the Deed would indicate they should be located"That is an objective statement. It requires analysis of evidenc...

"I'd place the appearance of impersonality or objectivity ahead of the need to have members of the public assume that any land surveyor is competent, ...

Again, I don't disagree. But there's a difference between how one should approach the situation and how one deals with it as it unfolds, and I think ...

I agree with the surveyor responsibilities you elaborate on. But from an ethical standpoint I think one needs to approach the situation with confiden...

1) What are a surveyor’s ethical responsibilities in accepting an existing surveymonument as a property corner?Presume the previous surveyor performed...