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    Boundary Disputes Can be Resolved by Original Monuments or Best Available Evidence
    Kris
    • Aug 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Boundary Disputes Can be Resolved by Original Monuments or Best Available Evidence

    The Texas court has recognized two legitimate standards that justify upholding a survey - original undisturbed monuments, or "best...
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    The Best Survey vs. the Quickest Survey: One Surveyor Who "Did it Right" Prevailed Over Three Others
    Kris
    • Aug 6, 2019
    • 5 min

    The Best Survey vs. the Quickest Survey: One Surveyor Who "Did it Right" Prevailed Over Three Others

    Despite its designation in court records, Roll v. Bacon: 160 Ohio Misc. 2d 23; 938 N.E.2d 85 (2010) is not a dispute over breakfast...
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    Adverse Possession in a Public Street??
    Kris
    • Jul 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Adverse Possession in a Public Street??

    The dispute between Nathans’ Associates and Ocean City, Maryland centers on a small commercial building located at 601 S. Atlantic...
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    Why the Cheap Surveyor Isn't the Best Surveyor for Asheville - or Anywhere...
    Kris
    • Jul 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Why the Cheap Surveyor Isn't the Best Surveyor for Asheville - or Anywhere...

    The dispute chronicled in Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Brown, 258 Ga. 115 (1988) is a compelling object lesson on why the least expensive and...
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    Boundary  Stability, Riparian Surveys and the Boundary Consultant
    Kris
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 3 min

    Boundary Stability, Riparian Surveys and the Boundary Consultant

    Stability of property titles and boundaries is of paramount importance to courts nationwide. At least one judge has gone so far as to...
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    Identification by the Senses - Boundary Disputes
    Kris
    • Jun 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Identification by the Senses - Boundary Disputes

    Surveyors routinely follow "rules of construction" - essentially, a list of priorities developed by the courts to determine the intent of...
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    Tax Maps and Zoning Maps - How Far Can You Trust Elected Officials?
    Kris
    • Jun 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Tax Maps and Zoning Maps - How Far Can You Trust Elected Officials?

    This question sounds like the punchline to a bad political joke, but the true answer is of real interest to surveyors and other land use...
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    Title Search is not a Safe Haven - Boundary Disputes
    Kris
    • Jun 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Title Search is not a Safe Haven - Boundary Disputes

    A recent Virginia decision highlights the need for complete research and the dangers of relying exclusively on title searches. In Oliver...
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    Doctrine of Merger can Extinguish Record Easements
    Kris
    • Jun 8, 2019
    • 7 min

    Doctrine of Merger can Extinguish Record Easements

    It seems at first that the doctrine of merger falls well within the province of the legal profession, but the land surveyor can glean...
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    Mineral Estates - Caves, Oil and Fossils
    Kris
    • May 20, 2019
    • 4 min

    Mineral Estates - Caves, Oil and Fossils

    Determining the extent of a mineral estate as described in a grant or reservation is a tricky proposition. The same material may be...
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    Can Sale of the Servient Tract Without Notice Extinguish a Prescriptive Easement?
    Kris
    • May 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    Can Sale of the Servient Tract Without Notice Extinguish a Prescriptive Easement?

    Prescriptive easements can be problematic, both in their creation and their obliteration. One confusing problem concerns the...
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    Don't Make a Fortress of the Dictionary
    Kris
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    Don't Make a Fortress of the Dictionary

    The intent of deeds, contracts, and legislative acts are common sources of dispute between surveyors and other land use professionals....
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    Easement by Common Scheme
    Kris
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Easement by Common Scheme

    The Common Scheme Doctrine is well established in most states as a legitimate basis for restrictive covenants, but a common plan or...
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    Railroads - Abandonment in Stages
    Kris
    • Feb 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Railroads - Abandonment in Stages

    Railroad abandonment represents a unique mix of state and federal law. In most instances, abandonment of a railway begins with an...
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