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    How to Fix a Boundary Line - Acquiescence & Adverse Possession -- Agreement & Practical Location
    Kris
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 13 min

    How to Fix a Boundary Line - Acquiescence & Adverse Possession -- Agreement & Practical Location

    This article is composed of excerpts from Kristopher Kline’s book, “How to Fix a Boundary Line” (312 pages, hardcover). The text that...
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    Negligence and the Land Surveyor: Three Things to Remember
    Kris
    • May 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Negligence and the Land Surveyor: Three Things to Remember

    - “Everybody is doing it” – is not a valid defense against a charge of Negligence. As stated in the Oregon decision Voelz v. Board of...
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    Artificial Lakes Create Difficulties for Land Surveyors involved in Riparian Disputes -
    Kris
    • May 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Artificial Lakes Create Difficulties for Land Surveyors involved in Riparian Disputes -

    When surveying or working on or near artificial bodies of water, it is important to remember that many of the ‘classic’ rules relating to...
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    Rules of Construction—Essential (but Tricky) Tools for Surveyors, Attorneys & Land Use Professionals
    Kris
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 9 min

    Rules of Construction—Essential (but Tricky) Tools for Surveyors, Attorneys & Land Use Professionals

    Surveyors deal with the rules of construction each time they read a deed and attempt to ‘follow the footsteps’ of the original surveyor....
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    The  'Castle Associates' Rule: It’s difficult to interrupt a right that has never been exercised...
    Kris
    • Mar 19, 2020
    • 7 min

    The 'Castle Associates' Rule: It’s difficult to interrupt a right that has never been exercised...

    It is an established principle of adverse possession doctrine that easements can be extinguished by adverse use where appropriate...
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    Do the 'Rules' change for 'Modern' Surveys?
    Kris
    • Feb 17, 2020
    • 7 min

    Do the 'Rules' change for 'Modern' Surveys?

    One of the most common—and erroneous—arguments contributing to the proliferation of purported corner markers representing a single corner...
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    Swamp and Circumstance
    Kris
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 5 min

    Swamp and Circumstance

    Throughout its development, real property law in the United States has been shaped by geographic features and variations in climate. The...
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    Easements: Part Performance of an Oral Contract is NOT the Same Thing as Parol Agreement
    Kris
    • Jan 1, 2020
    • 8 min

    Easements: Part Performance of an Oral Contract is NOT the Same Thing as Parol Agreement

    There are many legitimate mechanisms that may create or extinguish an easement. Courts have recognized servitudes created by grant,...
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    Beach Rights: State Laws Control Boundaries - Until they Don't...
    Kris
    • Dec 17, 2019
    • 2 min

    Beach Rights: State Laws Control Boundaries - Until they Don't...

    This post is comprised of a series of quotes from the U.S. Supreme Court decision “Hughes v. Washington” 389 U.S. 290 (1967). It deals...
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    Monuments Still Control - Even in Recent Subdivisions. Bearings and Distances are Guides.
    Kris
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 7 min

    Monuments Still Control - Even in Recent Subdivisions. Bearings and Distances are Guides.

    Rules of Construction Don’t Change for Modern Surveys One of the most common—and erroneous—arguments arguments contributing to the...
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    Do Tax Maps Create Titles? -- A Cautionary Tale for Land Surveyors.
    Kris
    • Oct 28, 2019
    • 6 min

    Do Tax Maps Create Titles? -- A Cautionary Tale for Land Surveyors.

    Land use professionals are generally quick to argue against the accuracy of tax maps when they disagree with the information shown on the...
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    Strip and Gore Doctrine - Streams, Rivers, and Roads
    Kris
    • Oct 20, 2019
    • 9 min

    Strip and Gore Doctrine - Streams, Rivers, and Roads

    Land use professionals routinely apply common rules of construction in interpreting deeds, wills, and express easements. Under these...
    489 views0 comments
    Surface Water Flow, Cavorting Catfish, and Liberated Beaver
    Kris
    • Oct 9, 2019
    • 8 min

    Surface Water Flow, Cavorting Catfish, and Liberated Beaver

    A student once asked if court opinions ever discussed beavers and their propensity for obstructing streams and ditches. In fact, various...
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    Book Preview: "Prescriptive Easements & Related Principles"
    Kris
    • Sep 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    Book Preview: "Prescriptive Easements & Related Principles"

    The following passages are excerpts from Kris Kline’s latest book “Prescriptive Easements & Related Principles.” (200 pages, softcover.)...
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    Professional Land Surveyors Cannot Abdicate Their Responsibilities - Complete Research.
    Kris
    • Sep 22, 2019
    • 4 min

    Professional Land Surveyors Cannot Abdicate Their Responsibilities - Complete Research.

    Limiting liability is a legitimate concern for surveyors—and for professionals across the spectrum. However, it is also important to...
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    Easement  by Necessity - Driveway disputes can be Problematic for Land Surveyors
    Kris
    • Sep 13, 2019
    • 9 min

    Easement by Necessity - Driveway disputes can be Problematic for Land Surveyors

    The concept of Easement by Necessity developed early in the history of English common law—numerous examples can be found as far back as...
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    Floating Easements can be Located by the Land Surveyor
    Kris
    • Sep 9, 2019
    • 5 min

    Floating Easements can be Located by the Land Surveyor

    Floating easements are problematic for surveyors because they only identify the subject tract that is burdened by the servitude and lack...
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    Railroad Right of Way Dispute - Law of Easements and the Boundary Consultant
    Kris
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 7 min

    Railroad Right of Way Dispute - Law of Easements and the Boundary Consultant

    On March 10, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision of immediate interest to surveyors and land use professionals...
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    Water Boundaries and the Surveyor - Title vs. the Right to Navigate.
    Kris
    • Aug 25, 2019
    • 10 min

    Water Boundaries and the Surveyor - Title vs. the Right to Navigate.

    The following passages are excerpts from Kris Kline’s book “Riparian Boundaries and Rights of Navigation: Rivers, Lakes and Seas.” (56...
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    How NOT to Create An Easement - Doctrine of Merger and the Surveyor - Part II
    Kris
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 7 min

    How NOT to Create An Easement - Doctrine of Merger and the Surveyor - Part II

    At recent convention seminars in several states, the doctrine of merger has been one of the most contentious issues discussed. In...
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