Francis,Any year. These are retracements, and each one is looked at on its own merits. A 10 foot discrepancy in the Sierra Nevada Mountains over 640...
Yeah, it becomes a family thing. But it's been that way for a long time.We have gotten away from laying out our deceased elders on the dining room ta...
Congrats Nate!We have seven sons, and 15 grandkids. Joshua, Jedediah, and Jacob were born at home. They are all a blessing.
Francis,I quoted Cooley from a Michigan Supreme Court case. His point then - and it is still valid - was that when retracing boundaries, math cannot t...
I've been wondering about the veracity of FrancisH. His prior posts seemed innocuous, but this appeared to veer off the tracks ...
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Faulty data by any other name would smell as sweet.That is, by understanding what those exterior boundaries are really comprised of.
One area that the Singapore model does work is in modern subdivisions - particularly in urban areas. That is a function of local control over develop...
Yeah, that's why it is termed an Effect. Virtual pincushions included.
MightyMoe, post: 397131, member: 700 wrote: I think there are a lot of surveyors in the US who would like to work under a "move the monument where it'...
This is now number 3 in the top threads for this forum. Definitely has sparked discussion.
Francis,You first responded to this thread with the perception that land surveyors here in the U.S. routinely accept found monuments as representing b...
Nice Principle.
Very perceptive, Nate. I thought the comparison may be "apples to oranges". Horses for courses - to add another simile.
Francis,Have you read many appellate decisions concerning land boundaries in any of the United States? One cannot practice competently here without b...
Francis,Is there a reason that you feel compelled to bash American land surveyors' methodology?I don't see this as a defensive move on your part, for ...
Sounds like strict liability for erroneous layout.
Stephen Ward, post: 396322, member: 1206 wrote: We had a case locally a few years back where a surveyor had tied a subdivision to a city control point...
Ah, but the charge of a professional land surveyor is to study and know the law of boundaries, both statutory and case law.The tools we use aid us in ...
Francis,Your comments reveal that you are not familiar with American common law principles. The jurisprudence experts here opine on what boundaries ar...
