As a practical matter when doing a job for the BLM or Forest Service, I will combine my GPS and total station data in StarNet. I will often use a "av...

There are enough gray areas addressed in the Manual with guidelines, that you would not have to dismiss the use of the Manual. You just have to find ...

Lots of good ideas in the posts. I had a couple of items you should address in your plat narrative or surveyor's report. Is there evidence that the ...

The 2009 Manual would apply to your survey today. But you would evaluate whether the 1970 corner was set correctly under the 1947 manual. Good catch

I forgot to suggest read the 2009 BLM manual, it gives a list of things to consider. Be careful of using other state cases, as they are only persuasi...

I usually list reasons why and then reasons why not. Based on the info you gave 50 ft seems like a gross error for 1970. But you didn't state exactl...

For a set I: BS direct, BS reverse, FS reverse, FS direct. Subtract the two inside readings, subtract the two outside readings and average. I only h...

So the privity is broken by something that wasn't done, rather than by positive action. I believe it wasn't that it was not described in the deed, i...

The Oregon case on privity and tacking is:Timber Service Co. v. Ellis, 163 Or.App. 349,1999. I did a quick search and did not find any later cases t...

Mark,I've never seen "foreclosure" specifically discussed in an adverse possession casein Oregon. However, in Oregon, Continuous us is considered as ...

Sorry I'm out of town and don't have a cite but in Oregon there is a presumption that the grantor intended to sell to the centerline of the road unles...

I would give the easement description then state the servient estate is . . . then give the legal for the parcel is being taken from, then state the d...

I had the same problem. I was able to figure out the name of the program by putting my mouse over the underlined word. I then found it under the add...

I would spell it correctly and then add in parenthesis some note. Schultz (some records spell as Shultz). Legal description are supposed to be conci...

Manual are updated by court and IBLA decisionsButch,Don't feel bad, I'm just getting through the new manual. This section was pointed out to me when ...

I would differ on that interpretationThe 2009 Manual 3-137, 2nd paragraph "In marking the corners of subdivision-of-section, the surveyor shall identi...

EvelynKeith,I thought that was what I said, or at least what I meant to say. Boundary surveying is an "art" as in searching, evaluating,reasoning, an...

I don't disagree with anything you said either. The manual does agree with the Dykes v. Arnold case. What Dykes v. Arnold and the Manual (much clear...

A few comments on your comments: "First, I would say that trumping all the manuals in a retracement, is the original notes. If they didn't "follow th...

I have a friend that was raked over the coals in courtI'd like to know more about the survey also. You would not have the same judge as the Dykes v. ...