Actually, Wendell might appreciate you "writing a book" for the forum. The more interesting content we users contribute, the more likely he will get m...

I think they are big on hedgerows, ditches, fences, walls and such. Not so big on steel pipes, rods, concrete/stone bounds. ?ÿ

Further down the document, it states that only the right to build a highway is conveyed. That clearly indicates an easement.

@norman-oklahoma I have not found that to be a problem so far. The legalization of marijuana in Mass. is only a few years old, so maybe that will chan...

There probably is an official road layout - buried in the town meeting record books from the days of hooved transportation. How many days for obscure ...

Highways around here often had "intermediate bounds" so there was originally no more than roughly 6-800' between bounds set for the taking. Both on lo...

Wow, I never heard of a state that allows jurors to vote by absentee ballot! ?ÿ

Has anybody else noticed the contractor's name on the architect's plan? ???œ

^^^ This, exactly. I see no reason not to supply an engineer with a TIN that you have full confidence in. Your liability would be no different than if...

@jp7191 The fence viewers don't get much action these days, since farming is now a rare use of land around here. I think in most towns the fence viewe...

@not-my-real-name since you practice in Massachusetts, you might find the state law on fences and the office of fence viewer revealing - M.G.L. Chapte...

In the example above, it does not matter, but there are 160 square rods to an acre. If the square rod value were 99 instead of 3, we would be at 0.2 a...

The Primacode program works great at this task. It's standalone from CAD. You work with coordinate files. Extremely flexible and capable software. I a...

I believe it is square rods, and square links. And it does matter what order you consider the operation. sq. ft. = (3R + 4L)(3R + 4L) = 9RR + 24RL + ...

Not seeing any updates led me to believe you had achieved perfection with the forum. Not having any complaints, I was happy with that illusion. Have ...

Also, be aware that the Northing value is also the Y value in the traditional coordinate grid of mathematics. Likewise Easting is the X value. Like s...