It is notable in Soffey v. Dan that the court noted:But the trial court did not determine the legal property boundary. Although there was evidence tha...

Are you in 34 or 3? What was patented?Could the owner have sold the W 1/2 mile of either the S 1/2 of 34 or the N 1/2 of 3? Just because a lawyer wro...

> Let us also say a dispute erupted between the owners of the two Sections (who hold title by the Section numbers). This goes to Court and the Jud...

Once the land passes into private ownership, the gov't instructions can only be used to indicate what should have been done if the aliquot part descri...

We need to know what was patented, it is concievable that there are no legal 1/4 sections created here.If the section was sold by patents for the W1/2...

Is there an established boundary between the NE & SE 1/4's?Did the USFS gain title from a private entryman or was the NE 1/4 unsold fed lands?If t...

I agree with Mr. Ingram. Keeping aliquot part descriptions after the controlling section corner monuments are 'questionable', if not gone, is just as...

It is my understanding that this was a common line between two parcels of land, not a road between two parcels of land.Richard Schaut

There is no discussion of the 'encroachment'.If the foundation/slab of the building had been in place longer than the required time limit, the slab ed...

DUANE But is(if) one can find the unequivocal record owner of a vacant parcel, shouldn't they be required to contact them and buy it? What policy is...

There is a lot of good comments above but the premise underlying our 'legal disconnect' lies in a problem recognized in the 1880's by Justice Cooley.I...

When the surveyor is trying to put the description on the ground, there will inevitably be gaps and/or overlaps. The controlling evidence denying the...

Strips and gores are created by a difference between the established legal boundary and a 'deed line' that may be positioned where the description say...

Two dates are necessary, date of field work and date of delivery.Date of delivery starts the time clock on the statute of limitations for your liabili...

Lien holders have no authority to challenge any act of the owner(s) as long as the value of the resulting parcel provides adequate surety for the lien...

First, you have to know the rights of land owners and your state's laws protecting those rights as well as your state's alternate dispute resolution l...

Whether a regulatory body uses the term encroachment or not is immaterial.An 'encroachment' does not exist unless and until a judge rules that, for th...

> I know some of you would say just stake it and git'r'dun and let them go to waving shotguns and chainsawing the fence down. One guy has a deed de...