Speaking of gun barrels, When we used to run straight record lines there was a bend in the line of some sort every time the gun barrel was flopped. I'...

Well if an owner showed me a gun barrel I might be more inclined to hold his corners. But seriously this testimony is golden and there should be no qu...

I hope the surveyor feels obligated to solve the common boundary between the client and the adjoiners. The OP seems to have this feeling thus the ques...

I think in general I’d like to either spend the time figuring out my own LDP You will never regret the effort it takes to do that. You are headed down...

the original descriptions of the two parcels are in harmony and fit the evidence.The (1940) map shows that lots are to adjoin the ‘good’ line.If this ...

I might argue with mean bearing method in this situation if you were someone else, but I know better so I won't. All I will comment on is the phrase ...

The monument is the utility cabinet per the OP. All the rest of the information leads to the cabinet. The cabinet is the center of the easement along ...

Might be a regional thing. We call a plat what many call a ROS in other regions. It's not known as a subdivision. In our region the county assigns a p...

thank you. I favor single proportion unless the distance along the east line is way out of whack (as in chains). Every situation can never be addresse...

any chance we could get a TWP and Range? Or post the plat with T and R redacted?

Section 22 fractional? The plat shows a distance across the lake, and a total for the whole east line of the section. Is the east - west line ever est...

Agree with lurker. Every monument has to pass or fail based on it's own history and use. Geometry has very little to do with it. My opinion is that wh...

I wonder why surveyors think the position described in the description is not the existing monument? The answer my friend is blowin in the wind.

1) A virtual pincushion is better than a physical one. It does not make our profession look so obviously foolish. It does to anyone who looks a the pl...

training for button pushers - shovel stomping.