If the state board got involved, I don't know which would end up hanging the guy from the tallest tree, failure to file or removal of his monuments.

I don't get why he would jeopardize his license by not spending a couple of hours drafting a Corner Record. I'm getting less and less prone to Corner...

Bill sorry about the confusion...Hopefully Dave will fill us in on the outcome. Usually, if property owners order a boundary survey and you show them...

If the property owners don't care that much, how did you get involved? Was there some other reason to determine this property line or did the propert...

I think I see what you're saying. If the east 50' was "sold" in 1942, the west 50' was "sold" in 1950, but the east 50' was recorded after the west 5...

You mean something other than the east 50' in 1942 and the west 50' in 1950? The facts given are that they were sold in those years and like Stephen ...

JBSYou wouldn't think so, but with the passage of time and acquiescence and reliance by the parties on both sides of the erroneously mapped and monume...

In the more severe case, the house was built in the disputed area while it was in dispute. Claims were made as to historic occupation but they were u...

Mr. BunI think you would find it quite roomy on the east end but increasingly cramped as you go West. The larger mammals such as ourselves would prob...

Sure, they certainly intended to subdivide everything they owned, no more no less. The little problem, maybe not everywhere but in CA, is that the su...

So nobody believes Boundary Control & Legal Principles when the 2nd Edition says the lot can't go beyond the original monuments and a separate par...

Gag and Sag surveysThese would be surveys done by my dad Gilbert A. Gardner and me Steven A. Gardner.

DaveNot to brag on him too much, but he could also reduce slope distance to horizontal in his head. He knew how much per 100' each degree of vertical...

Surveyors with Forestry degrees,;My dad got a degree in Forestry from Oregon State and got a job with a timber company in Cottage Grove, Ore. where I ...

JimI wouldn't say the repository would become worthless because there would still be a majority of surveyors that would do a good job and file good ma...

I don't have the answers to how all the messed-up deeds should be fixed, just an amusing anecdote I ran into:A husband and wife came to me to survey t...