I want to return to a review of Sydow v. Douglass. The appeals court only considers both the facts and legal arguments from the trial court transcript...

The copy of Arkansas code I posted came out much smaller than I hoped and may be hard to read unless opened in a new tab. Sorry for that. Most claim...

Arkansas also requires payment of taxes for AP, but not necessarily on the land being claimed.  

  I have no reason to believe different lawyers where involved in the appeal. Lawyers do not provide additional evidence at the appeal and the ...

Most all boundaries have two locations, one based on the sum of all records and the other based on the actions or inactions of the adjoining landowner...

I agree. This is an excellent case for surveyors to study. If surveyors (or attorneys) understood every word of the opinion they would have had the kn...

I note that this is a slip opinion. Ordinarily this would be: An initial, preliminary version of a court's written decision. It is released to the ...

Things to consider.Begin at the beginning.1. When the original easement was created, were your clients track and the adjoining track owned by the same...

Maybe some of the posters here would approve the methods used by my competitors in the 1970s and '80s. They didn't believe in using math and they were...

During the 70s, 80s, 90s, our county surveyor was clear about his method. He staked the deed. When his survey adjoined one of his previous surveys (of...

Actually, on this point I'm in agreement with mightymoe. Proration never sets a monument at the corner's original location. And proration is often use...

(@mightymoe) That was impressive! Your whole argument against math was based on math?

A survey is your opinion. You sign it. Don't let anyone (especially non-surveyors) tell you what your opinion should be. It is a mistake to start with...

Very true! I would add for most boundary disputes the attorney has little experience. A bad pleading, ineffective discovery, or the wrong legal argume...

Let me be clear; I don't like the fact that pincushions exist. And I support the concept of original monuments. In my career I found and used many ori...

Thank you for the post, but I am a little confused. The two works are completely different except for the title. Mine: Surveys, Subdivisions and P...

Original monuments are controlling. But to be an original monument it needs to be: 1. Called for directly or indirectly by the deed. 2. In place a...

(@mightymoe) That's funny, I agree with Lucas on many things, just not pin cushions. The following are clips from the publication I referred t...

The link to the Lucas book only had the contents. Would you like to refresh my memory of what he said on page 56 (2.05 First Surveyor Concept). Is t...

One corner, one monument? You've been reading too much Jeff Lucas.