I had a post drafted yesterday that didn't get posted when I got distracted. It estimated the cost of litigation for a simple boundary case common to ...

I'm surprised that no one brought up the subject of Covenants to the original subdivision.Covenants run with the land and are not extinguished by chan...

I'm always glad to see a legal case posted here for surveyors to study and post their opinion. Then I'm disappointed that the comments have little to ...

When I first started reading Law in the 1970s, I thought the goal of Courts was to draft an opinion that was fair to all parties. I learned that fairn...

I once had an adverse possession case in a subdivision/re-plat. The original subdivision name was Lake Sail-Em II. About half the lot owners didn't li...

I made a reply to this discussion the other day after reading the linked article from a real estate person. The misinformation in that article fired m...

Wrong thread. Sorry.

I grew up tagging along with a weekend survey crew when I was 10 years old. I'm now in my 80's and have a few health issues. I've been retired for 20+...

There are two subjects here under consideration; expert testimony and old records. It could be that modern surveyors favor the new and shiny. But cour...

Is either of these properties subject to a mortgage? The public is better served if legal descriptions are written by surveyors. Regardless of the...

Is either of these properties subject to a mortgage? The public is better served if legal descriptions are written by surveyors. Regardless of the...

In his recent article Jones mentions another piece he wrote 2015. it's an interesting tale of records research.   From the article: &nbs...

I don't read the trade magazines either but I did looked up the edition you recommended. The article I found interesting was "It’s a Matter of Opinion...

I had a lot of close calls, one that had huge consequences. But as they say in concrete, a mistake caught before the concrete is poured is a case of n...

Exactly! Being fired told me it was a place I didn't want to stay at. The second time I said 'No' I was 25 years old in the third year of managing a...

The first couple of times I said 'No' I got fired. I had worked at a discount shoe store a few weeks when a man wearing a suit and carrying a brief ...

Though I have never been a party to a law suit, I have had clients claiming by record title and clients that claimed by adverse possession.In Arkansas...

The developer won at the trial level, but a competent attorney would have told him to suspend construction awaiting the appeal decision or offer the l...

WOW! The appeal court just found in favor of Sydow for his claim of adverse possession in April 2026 and a overlay of the TD&H survey on the cur...

Your first highlighted quote is from a letter where Medar's attorney is trying to negotiate a location for a suitable boundary between Medar and Sydow...