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RLQuite the journey indeed! Still hope we meet someday!
EstoppelYeah it doesn't end with the surveyor correctly locating the established boundaries and the landowners being peaceful neighbors. That's when ...
EstoppelFrom the Bahr vs Imus Utah 2011An oral agreement "between adjoining owners as to the location of a boundary line" does not violate the statute...
EstoppelHere is some more Utah law with regards to whether there is a transfer of title:Utah Courts 2009The second element of boundary by agreement—un...
EstoppelI don't think that uncertainty is required or that a mistake was made affect estopple in Utah.From a very recent case:To summarize, to success...
EstoppelI don't know what state you are in, there could be differences.From a recent Utah case:In Utah, a person without legal title is deemed "to hav...
EstoppelMy reply was more general and the point was that there was no transfer of title via estopple.As far as correcting a mistake at some point othe...
EstoppelI have a different take. The surveyor located the established line. As JB has stated there is not any change in title, no unwritten transfer...
I'd measure section corners going south all the way to the south township line. Then I'd have an idea of the average chain length. I've found a lot ...
So is messing with landowners boundaries a business model that should be fine tuned to make the most profit?Is land surveying something separate from ...
If the position of a boundary line is uncertain how can you determine that it moved or from the position that it was moved from when it's position is ...
How could it not be legal for the landowners to have control over the establishment of their common boundary line? Who's land is it? Even the courts...
If you can't retrace or locate the established boundary then the survey you provide will be a resurvey. In the resurvey you will essentially be layin...
I'm a long time TM user also and as a CAD software is doesn't compare to something like AutoCAD or MicroStation. BUT plain AutoCAD won't do what TM d...
I would have a little different take on what a resurvey is. I agree with keeping long held established boundaries in place. I would classify a surve...
Sometimes I just set the phone aside and let em waste their time until they figure out nobody is listening.
Saying the corner is some distance away from a marker is just another form of pin cushion. What have you provided to the landowners? Have you solved...
So if you have eight markers in a one foot diameter circle what do you do? How do you apply the 1 foot rule. Would you do some sort of regression fu...
Will land surveyors accept, understand and use this new technology?Does it really matter whether surveyor accepts or not? What really matters is if s...